documentation

[Matthew C. Weigel]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 email at greglondon.com wrote:

> Which got me wondering.  Exactly what world do you live in that
> software is NOT considered a document, controlled by copyright law?

The world where software is covered as much by patent law, trade secret
law....

> Where I'm from it's a legal fact, and there is no opinion in the
> matter.

There is always an opinion - "should software methods be patentable,"
or "does the DMCA appropriately represent the well-accepted
cost/benefit analysis of copyright?"
-- 
 Matthew Weigel
 Research Systems Programmer
 mcweigel at cs.cmu.edu ne weigel at pitt.edu