Re: No longer free to write your own software either

[Marsha Jackson <menacechgo@aol.com>]

Matthew T. Russotto wrote:

> Marsha Jackson  <menacechgo@aol.com> wrote:
> }There is a difference in copying the 'look and feel' of software for personal
> }use, and doing the same and selling it.
>
> Only in that you're unlikely to get caught, and the damages are likely
> to be less.

Copyright laws certain 'personal use' exemptions, so if I want to transcribe the
latest Steven King to read by my own handwriting, or if I want to recode a program
so it works exactly like Windows98 down to the last pixel... as long as I'm doing
it for myself it's perfectly legal.