The Sigma Project Task Force has begun to worry about the issue of copyright in the tools developed under the collaborative venture to create an automated software development hardware and software environment: the library was compiled at the end of last year, and while some tools have been specially created under the project, others are versions of existing tools supplied by participating software houses; ownership of the tools will transfer to the project, but the problem of how to split the copyright fees remains – and is urgent, because site testing of the tools so far is due to start this month.
