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- Subject: v15INF4: Ignore the copyright on the cu-shell posting
- Newsgroups: comp.sources.unix,comp.sources.d
- Sender: sources
- Approved: rsalz@uunet.UU.NET
-
- Submitted-by: Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>
- Posting-number: Volume 15, Info 4
- Archive-name: cu-shell.note
-
- Ignore the copyright on the "cu-shell" posting, Volume 15 #83.
-
- I consider comp.sources.unix to be a publication -- careful readers with
- good memories will note that I've always used the phrase "published" or
- "appeared" and never used the word "posted." Anyone who wants to contest
- this should take me, personally, to court. The cu-shell claim of being
- "unpublished proprietary source code," then, is clearly:
- Naive
- Wrong
- Incorrectly based on jargon I've seen ATT use.
-
- As long as I'm writing this, I might as well also comment on copyrights in
- general. I don't like them; they cause hassles for diligent users, they
- make me waste my time, they're often wrong, and they rarely serve their
- purpose. I am slowly moving to the conclusion that I will not accept
- anything for publication in comp.sources.unix that has a copyright on it.
-
- While I recognize that the GNU license causes problems for lots of people,
- and that others just don't like it, it doesn't bother me so I'll probably
- make an exception for that. Similar for the style of copyright Henry
- Spencer used on his "strings" library. Rank has its privileges.
-
- If you want or expect to maintain any rights to something, if you are
- unable or unwilling to completely let it go, then comp.sources.unix
- probably isn't the right forum for your work.
-
- /rich $alz
-