Re: Plagiarism

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:58:38 +1000
Message-ID: <3eef3b89$0$9355$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

"Jitendra Patel" <coldrainandsnow_at_lycos.com> wrote in message news:7610580f.0306170431.1faa00ea_at_posting.google.com...
> Interesting.
>
> In the USA, the Supreme Court ruled (Apple vs. Microsoft) that Apple
> did not have the right to copywrite a "data access method" (i.e.
> pull-down menus).
>
> Ergo, if SQL is a data access mathod, then SQL cannot be copyrighted,
> right?
>
> Are the law different in the UK and Australia?

No they aren't. Data access methods are not copyrighted. That is correct.

Who said the code was in SQL or a "data access method"?

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Received on Tue Jun 17 2003 - 10:58:38 CDT