Re: Recipes?

On 01/08/99, Thomas Workman <tworkman[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 06 Jan 1999, Peter D. Junger <junger[_at_]samsara.law.cwru.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Alan Divack <a.divack[_at_]fordfound.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Are recipes covered by copyright?
> > >
> > > My understanding was that they are too "useful" to meet the test, and
> > > are viewed and mere encapsulation of ideas, and hence not protected.
> > > This is a propos of whether or not it is an infringement to post
> > > recipes on an electronic bulletin board.
> >
> > What is the difference between a recipe and a computer program?
>
> Software is represented by nibbles and bytes, and recipes are enjoyed
> by nibbling and biteing.
>
> P.S. A "nibble" is 4 bits, and a "byte" is 8 bits.

According to INTERNET/NSFNET TERMS a byte is "a group of adjacent binary digits seen by the computer as a "word." (A byte usually contains either seven or eight bits.) "

I thought you might like to see this definition

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Earl Horsefield
ehorsefield[_at_]usgs.gov
ehorsefield[_at_]cuba-mo-net.com Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 16:21:22 GMT