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Subject:Re: Copyrights, Contracts, and Collaborations From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 7 Feb 1996 21:40:54 -0800
>It's the same thing as a
>client coming to you and contracting you to write a user's manual for
>his/her widget. Probably the simplest way of saying it is that if the idea
>ain't yours, neither is the copyright.
