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- From: witr@rwwa.COM (Robert Withrow)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.164003.5258@rwwa.COM>
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- Organization: R.W. Withrow Associates
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 16:40:03 GMT
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- In article <CGD.92Aug14204505@agate.berkeley.edu>,
- cgd@agate.berkeley.edu (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
- > As a matter of fact, I had just reconsidered, and was about to take
- > the copyright notice *OFF* the file, and lo, and behold, i got hit by N
- > flames.
-
- Not that I advocate this, but, of course, anyone could ``reverse engineer''
- anything Chris does, and eliminate the copyright aspect. I rather
- doubt he has the resources to start a bunch of copyright infringement
- actions, and besides, it would be humorous to listen to his councel
- argue that he is entitled to intellectual property rights that that
- USL isn't.
-
- The sword cuts both ways...
-
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- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA 01907 USA
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