Wow, some great discussion and links, everyone. Thanks.


>I wasn't referring to Rushmore, but rather the discussion on the suits...
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>Copyright invalid:
>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DD163CF937A25751C1A966958260
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>Reversed:
>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1991_April_24/ai_10669577
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>>The suit had nothing to do with Rushmore. As I recall, the courts never ruled on the Ashton-Tate case, but the government required the suit be dropped as a condition of the sale to Borland.
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>>>I thought Ashton-Tates suit against Fox Software was based on that decision? That Dbase was based on JPLDIS and that Dbase III was based on Dbase II, et al.? I thought the court ruled that the copyright on Ashton-Tate's database program was invalid.