[DonaldC]

Always seemed to me that for software, a copyright would be the preferred tool, but this is an area I don’t know much about.

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Always seemed to me that for software, a copyright would be the preferred tool, but this is an area I don’t know much about.

Me neither, but it does seem more like a copyright issue.

OTOH a patent drops dead after 20 years and a copyright is for 50 years AND IS RENEWABLE...