Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!enea!kuling!jonasf From: jonasf@kuling.UUCP (Jonas Flygare ) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: control over future actions Message-ID: <14@kuling.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 08:15:47 EST Article-I.D.: kuling.14 Posted: Thu Dec 18 08:15:47 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Dec-86 06:04:35 EST Organization: Dep. of Computer Systems, Upsala University, Sweden Lines: 22 As I remember it: The case was about a person who had been copying programs, and selling them through ads in various magazines. He had been copying both games and utility programs. (spreadsheets/calc/etc) The programs they could prove he copied were 2 (3?) games and one calc-program. Now, what happened was that the court found the games to be works of art, since they showed some degree of originality and artistic work, but the calc-program was merely doing mechanical repetition and therefore was not a work of art. The result: It is not illegal to copy calc-programs in Sweden, but woe if You get caught copying games. There were rumors that some companies carried the case further. If anyone knows, plz keep me informed (email). Various excuses about my grammar, (no time long see?) flax@suadb.UUCP or jonasf@kuling.UUCP. Which is: Jonas Flygare Uppsala, Sweden.