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- From: ARNE@KOPC.HHS.DK (Arne Vajhoj)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: RE: MFTU
- Message-ID: <01GT6Z80PWAA8WWF9W@kopc.hhs.dk>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 08:38:12 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Internet
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- > This does not imply that the program
- > |> can not be sold commercially (but maybe it will be difficult to find
- > |> buyers :-) ).
- >
- > There is no intrinsic problem with finding buyers for code that uses such a
- > copyright. I suggest you check the X11R5 (or ISODE) copyrights. These are
- > in some senses stricter (they require credit in the supporting
- > documentation) and yet many people buy products containing code from them.
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- There is quite a difference between:
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- - paying for a piece of code that could be obtained for nothing
- - paying for a piece of code containing a large part of code, which
- could be obtained for free (then you actually pay for the customization)
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- There may be cases where you even pay in the first case, but then you actually
- pay someone to collect/compile the stuff for you (and maybe send you
- regulary updates etc.).
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- Arne
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- Arne Vajhxj local DECNET: KO::ARNE
- Computer Department PSI: PSI%23831001304030::ARNE
- Business School of Southern Denmark Internet: ARNE@KO.HHS.DK
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