Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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What is the legal position as reguards software reuse. I know a number of U.S.
departments actively encourage the production of reusable software. If this
results in a library of reusable generic components are these component covered
by copyright when modified to transfer the technology to another domain. Likewise is public domain software like the ANDREW TOOLKIT covered by copyright
when the function calls are included within a client program produced by another party.