I think you could get away with copying the specific material mentioned
(FLOWMATIC etc. - if you could actually identify it and if it were of any
use today) but as for the rest you'd certainly be in for some serious
head-butting. There is precedent in copyright law for excluding certain
types of content from copyright protection - such as, a list of
ingredients
for a recipe - and it may be possible to argue that the meta-statements
are
therefore exempt - but I can't afford to try it!
If you are faced with two opposing sets of instructions, such as here,
logically you can do what you please, but law is not about logic!
PL
William M. Klein <wmklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:PXlEj.581108$ST4.472575@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That is a VERY sore point in my life. There was a lot of discussion
about
this
> in the past. I can't give legal advice (and certainly not here) but you
COULD
> ask INCITS, but my best guess is that they would just tell you that as
it
is not
> a current standard, they won't answer.
>
> --
> Bill Klein
> wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
> "tim" <TimJ@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:13u3d702beqth38@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:11:27 +0000, William M. Klein wrote:
> >
> >> Tim,
> >> Actually, for the '85 Standard (not the '02 Standard), I think that
the
> >> "Acknowledgement" does allow you to share copies. I have a PDF that
I
was
> >> thinking of posting but am not certain my webspace has enough room.
> >>
> >
> > The document contradicts itself on this point. On one page it says it
may
> > be freely copied in part or in full:
> >
> > "ACKNOWLEDGMENT
> >
> > Any organization interested in reproducing the COBOL standard and
> > specifications in whole or in part, using ideas from this docu- ment
as
> > the basis for an instruction manual OI for any other purpose, is free
to
> > do so. However, all such organizations are requested to reproduce the
> > following acknowledgment paragraphs in their entirety as part of the
> > preface to any such publication (any organiza- tion using a short
> > passagefrom this document, such as in a book review, is requested to
> > mention "COBOL" in acknowledgment of the source, but need not quote
the
> > acknowledgment):
> >
> > COBOL is an industry language and is not the property of any company
OI
> > group of companies, or of any organization or group of organizations.
No
> > warranty, expressed or implied, is made by any contributor or by the
> > CODASYL COBOL Committee as to the accuracy and functioning of
> > the programming system and language. Moreover, no responsibility is
assumed
> > by any contributor, or by the committee, in connection therewith. The
> > authors and copyright holders of the copyrighted materials used herein
> > FLOW-MATIC (trademark of Sperry Rand Cor****ation), Programming for the
> > UNIVAC (R) I and II, Data Automation Systems copyrighted 1958,1959, by
> > Sperry Rand Cor****ation; IBM Commercial Translater Form No F 28-8013,
> > copy-righted 1959 by IBM; FACT, DSI 27A5260-2760, copyrighted 1960 by
> > Minneapolis-Honeywell have specifically authorized the use of this
material
> > in whole or in part, in the COBOL specifications. Such authorization
ex-
> > tends to the reproduction and use of COBOL specifications in
programming
> > manuals or similar publications."
> >
> > The next page has the usual copyright notice. Given the draconian
penalties
> > for copyright violations I am tending to err on the safe side.
> >
> > "Copyright ©1985 by Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
> > All rights reserved.
> > No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
> > form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,
> > without prior written permission of ITI, 1250 Eye Street NW,
> > Wa****ngton, DC 20005."
> >
> > Is there any way to get some official clarification of this point?
> >
> > Tim
>
>
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