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- From: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle)
- Subject: Re: English English versus *American* English
- Message-ID: <SLAGLE.92Jul30155241@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Reply-To: slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com
- In-reply-to: cummings@milton.u.washington.edu's message of Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:59:53 GMT
- Sender: news@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (News)
- Organization: You wouldn't ask this if you'd seen my desk.
- References: <cummings.712360831@milton>
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- <cummings.712443189@milton>
- <1992Jul30.040428.24810@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 22:52:44 GMT
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- In article <cummings.712475993@milton>, cummings@milton.u.washington.edu (Michael Cummings) writes:
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- > Again, you assert without providing a convincing reason, then you
- > label me stubborn. Perhaps you don't see my point: A language has no
- > "holders." Language is public domain, get it?
-
- Nope, you need an explicit renunciation of copyright for
- it to enter the public domain ... what ... this isn't
- misc.legal.computing? ... oh ... well, never mind ...
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