I'm not so much concerned with having the patch itself stolen, as it
would be far stronger in a compiled language.  I am concerned with
being able to show it to grad schools and, of course, to copyright and
market the music I compose with it.  I don't expect to get paid
for the patch, but I expect them to be impressed with the idea for the
interface, and I want my name to be attached to it.<br>

I take such stories with a grain of salt, and ask everyone I can find
for more info.&nbsp; Whether it is true in this case, the student who
does months of research and has their teacher publish it is an old
story, and one that has sometimes been true.<br>
<span class="sg"><br>
-Chuckk</span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">hard off</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:hard.off@gmail.com">hard.off@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
as far as i know...and from what i heard from miller's talk which was<br>recorded at the icmc recently....the pd licence is really very<br>open...and you can do whatever you want with it nearly.<br><br>so what i'm guessing is that it would be up to you to take any steps
<br>towards 'owning' or copyrighting your own work.<br><br>but really...i find it very hard to believe that anyone would ever try<br>to steal your patches.&nbsp;&nbsp;what would they have to gain?&nbsp;&nbsp;who's going to<br>pay money for patches that run in a system that is otherwise
<br>completely open source?<br><br>university students....some of them are so full of conspiracy<br>theories....take what they say with a grain of salt i reckon.<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>&quot;It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.&quot;
<br>-Friedrich Nietzsche, &quot;Thus Spoke Zarathustra&quot;