RE: Copyright of data

[Eric <Eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ummm, thanks Vernon but I wasn't actually looking for a de-compiler.  My 
message was in response to a query regarding how one can protect the source 
of software from customers.  I made this comment in January but thanks for 
the response!

Eric Kempter
Director of MIS
Commair Mechanical Services

-----Original Message-----
From:   Vernon Hamberg [SMTP:hambergv@goldengate.net]
Sent:   Saturday, May 23, 1998 7:10 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Copyright of data

At 07:14 PM 1/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>Kempter, Eric wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> But isn't it possible to decompile an object without the source code?
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>That would typically be in violation of the license agreement and subject 
the
>company to triple damages.

There is a company called, I think, Source Retrieval, that sells this
service/product. I believe they make sure that it's legal-as in bellyup
vendors. I don't have with me their address-should be at Midrange Computing
or NEWS/400.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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