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February 12, 2012

© 2008, William Fisher. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Altai Test

William Fisher February 12, 2012

February 12, 2012

© 2008, William Fisher. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Altai Test (1) Abstraction (2) Filtration

Unprotected Material includes: (a) Elements dictated by efficiency (b) Elements dictated by external factors

(i) mechanical specifications of the computer (ii) compatibility requirements of other programs (iii) computer manufacturers' design standards (iv) demands of the industry being served (v) widely accepted programming practices

(c) Elements taken from public domain (3) Comparison

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test

Nichols “Pattern” Test Id

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Filtration

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Elements dictated by efficiency

Filtration

Idea

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pres

sion

Elements dictated by efficiency

Filtration

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements dictated by external factors

Filtration

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements dictated by external factors

(i) mechanical specifications of the computer (ii) compatibility requirements of other programs (iii) computer manufacturers' design standards (iv) demands of the industry being served (v) widely accepted programming practices

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements dictated by external factors

(i) mechanical specifications of the computer (ii) compatibility requirements of other programs (iii) computer manufacturers' design standards (iv) demands of the industry being served (v) widely accepted programming practices

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements dictated by external factors

(i) mechanical specifications of the computer (ii) compatibility requirements of other programs (iii) computer manufacturers' design standards (iv) demands of the industry being served (v) widely accepted programming practices

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements taken from public domain

Filtration

Idea

Ex

pres

sion

Elements taken from public domain

Filtration

Comparison

Protected Parts of Plaintiff’s program

Comparison

Protected Parts of Plaintiff’s program

Elements of defendant’s program

Comparison

Protected Parts of Plaintiff’s program

Elements of defendant’s program