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- From: wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705)
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- Subject: Re: Novell buys Unix Systems Laboratory
- Message-ID: <WCS.93Jan5195606@rainier.ATT.COM>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 00:56:06 GMT
- References: <17759@umd5.umd.edu> <1992Dec31.110325.1317@hellgate.utah.edu>
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- In-Reply-To: hollaar%basset.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu's message of 31 Dec 92 18:03:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.110325.1317@hellgate.utah.edu> hollaar%basset.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Hollaar) writes:
- >p.s. I've seen code that says "Copyright 1973 Bell Telephone Laboratories
- >Inc". Under the old copyright law, shouldn't that be expired by now?
- [....]
- Under the transitional provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, if a
- copyright under the 1909 act was in its first term, it could be renewed
- for second 47 year term (giving a total term of 75 years, the same as
- for anonymous works or works-for-hire under the 1976 Act.) That means
- that if the copyright owner renewed in 1990 (27 years after 1973), the
- copyright will run until 2037.
-
- Note that, for Unix Operating Systems, 2037 is almost the End Of Time!
- :-) :-) :-)
- It's a conspiracy, I tell ya'
- --
- # Pray for peace; Bill
- # Bill Stewart 1-908-949-0705 wcs@anchor.att.com AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ
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