ECU Tuning as per Down Under

[George Roffe]

John Cozine wrote:

>It's a common misconception that you actually have to go through some
>process in order to copyright something.  The reality is that as soon
>as the code is written, it becomes copyrighted.  So no, they're not
>public domain.

I would argue that they Nissan's code is public domain at this time.  In
order to retain your copyright you must vigorously defend your
copyright.  Nissan knows that tuners use their code and rewrite portions of
it and they do nothing.  This should place it in the public domain.  Sort
of.  You might have to defend that position in court of course. :-)

OTOH, if JWT defends their proprietary code, that would maintain their
copyright on their portion wouldn't it?

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20 turbo (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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