BrianHawley - you made it quite clear - and be honest I can not
understand the fass about this copyright here in a Forum. This
does not include whole pieces of Software. I put a copyright on
my SW as well.

But for snipplets or small routines here in the forum I think we
should not be so picky.

As you mentioned If I realy would develop a new (and deffenitly the best) sorting algo. I think I would not release the code before
I have the proper copyright on it.


Interesting is actualy the point you mentioned that MS has allready
testes most thinks - therfore the copyright should actually with them. So if we go this rouad further actually everey peace of SW
written with there development tools are belonging to them????