The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:01:41AM -0400, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>  snip trademark explanation

Conceded.
 
> No, the difference is that the code is copyrighted.  If you build the code 
> from reverse engineering, it is a derivative work.  The verbal description 
> is a description of the ideas, which are not copyrightable.

Would it be fair to say information about the ideas is fine to spread,
but information about the specific implementation isn't?

> 
> -Steve 
> 

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