Copyrighting a Programming Language (syntax and other Intellectual Property)

Over at the forums we’ve been getting pretty excited over the prospect of an openTuring project, but the current discussions focus more on the legal aspects rather than technical details. So this brings up the question:

Can one copyright (or gain other intellectual property rights) to a programming language?

This case study will use Holtsoft’s Turing for [...]

CS4U @ UWaterloo Day 2006

I know a lot of students have been asking about getting into the University of Waterloo, and Computer Science programs in general. Possibly because UW keeps on top of Maclean’s rankings.

“[University of Waterloo] finished first in the ‘most innovative’ category, second in ‘best overall’ and ‘leaders of tomorrow’, and finished third in ‘highest quality.’”
“Along with [...]

Academic – X06: GameCamp (Toronto)

Microsoft will be hosting an event, centered around their soon to be released XNA Studio Express. And while I’m not particularly excited about building games for Windows, I do find some appeal in console gaming.

“If building games for the Xbox 360 or Windows gets you excited then you have to be at this event. [...]