[PD] getting ripped off...

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:

> So what I'm wondering is, is there such a thing as ownership with a PD 
> patch?

PureData is a programming language. The Diagram is the Program (tm). A 
program is legally considered as a literary work, in most countries that 
have a copyright law. According to some treaty in 1978, things do not need 
be registered with the copyright office and national library to be 
copyrighted: any copyrightable thing is copyrighted by default.

> Can anyone direct me to info on this? I'd like to be prepared for 
> anything this little trade school might try.

Get the fine print legally cancelled?

Switch to another school?

Get accustomed to having your brain 0wned by the school?

Pray?

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