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The National Conference on Computing and Values (NCCV) was held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University in August 1991. The Conference included six “tracks”: Teaching Computing and Human Values, Computer Privacy and Confidentiality, Computer Security and Crime, Ownership of Software and Intellectual Property, Equity and Access to Computing Resources, and Policy Issues in the Campus Computing Environment. Each track included a major address, three to five commentaries, some small “working groups,” and a packet of relevant readings (the “Track Pack”). A variety of supplemental “enrichment events” were also included.
This monograph contains the proceeding of the “Ownership of Software and Intellectual Property” track of NCCV. It includes the “track address,” three commentaries, three enrichment papers, the conference bibliography, and a report on the findings of the small working group on software ownership and intellectual property. Some of the papers express controversial views that do not necessarily represent those of the editors.
The track address is “Proprietary Rights in Computer Software: Individual and Policy Issues” by Deborah G. Johnson. The commentaries include “The Virtues of Software Ownership” by David H. Carey, “Trade Secrets and Software Ownership” by John W. Snapper, and “Comments on Johnson’s ‘Proprietary Rights in Computer Software’” by Helen Nissenbaum. The enrichment papers include “Why Software Should Be Free: A Free Software Foundation Paper” by Richard Stallman, “Against User Interface Copyright” by The League for Programming Freedom, and “Against Software Patents” by The League for Programming Freedom. The “Track Report” on the small working group is by David H. Carey, who was “track coordinator.”
The National Conference on Computing and Values was a major undertaking that required significant help from many people. The Editors would like to express sincere thanks to the National Science Foundation and the Metaphilosophy Foundation for support that made the project possible. And we wish to thank the following people for their invaluable help and support: (in alphabetic order) Denice Botto, William Bowersox, Aline W. Bynum, Robert Corda, Donald Duman, Richard Fabish, James Fullmer, Ken W. Gatzke, Steven J. Gold, Edward Hoffman, Rodney Lane, Sheila Magnotti, Armen Marsoobian, John Mattia, P. Krishna Mohan, Beryl Normand, Robert O’Brien, Daniel Ort, Anthony Pinciaro, Amy Rubin, Brian Russer, Elizabeth L.B. Sabatino, Charlene Senical, J. Philip Smith, Ray Sparks, Larry Tortice, Suzanne Tucker.
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