Re: Double Creation

Harold Federow <hfederow[_at_]u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> It depends a little what you mean by "the same computer program."

I usually say that what law protects is your original creation. Thus, it is irrelevant if it was expressed as a flowchart, code line-by-line, etc. I think the originality is mainly in the functionality, and I do not know in what extent it can be content in its line-by-line development.

I think that a program must be identified by its flow diagram (functionality), because the transcription to different platforms may be simply a question of mechanical work. Although I am not sure. (CASE tools or whatever, they are imperfect, but could be improved and translate more perfectly )

*I am, by the way, very glad that many of you like this beautiful land of the other side of the Atlantic*

Sunny regards, then, from here,

Carlos de Miguel
Sanchez y de Miguel / Castellana 177 - 28046 Madrid Voice: +34 1 579 30 83 - Fax: +34 1 544 74 67 <ectil06[_at_]sis.ucm.es> Received on Tue Jul 29 1997 - 23:27:58 GMT