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The Whelan decision, a landmark copyright decision, has questioned the legality of reusing the abstractions and structures underlying software. The author argues that this is a flawed decision that could harm software-engineering practice. She discusses copyright versus patent protection, describes the Whelan case, and critiques the decision. She addresses the legal handling of software in general, arguing that it more reasonably ought to be protected by patent than by copyright.<
Published in:
Software, IEEE
(Volume:5
,
Issue:
5
)
Date of Publication: Sept. 1988
- Page(s):
- 78 - 86
- ISSN :
- 0740-7459
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 3281426
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/52.7945
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 06 August 2002
- Issue Date :
- Sept. 1988
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Computer Society
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