A86: Re: copyrights
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A86: Re: copyrights
Copyright laws are not like patents or trademarks, which must be registered
with an authority. Any original intellectual property created by someone is
automatically their copyright (whether there is a notice or not). In theory,
to use someone else's code, they must give their express, written consent.
In reality, however, most people don't really care about code that isn't
making them any profit and for which the source is made publicly available.
And most of the routines that people include in their programs were created
specifically for the general public to use.
As for copyrighting software that includes these routines, I would just be
sure to give credit to the author somewhere in the program or readme file.
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>I was wondering if there were any policies on copyrighting any software
>that you create with regard to any unoriginal code included in your
>program? I noticed that some people have "copyrighted" their programs.
>Don't you have to do anything special to get a copyright or do you just
>claim it? If you used a sprite routine that someone else wrote then
>would it be legit to copyright your program?
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