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From: scott@zorch.UU.NET (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Clarinet and Royalties
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Date: 14 Jun 89 15:58:33 GMT
References: <18430@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu> <KARL.89Jun13213653@dinosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu> <17762@paris.ics.uci.edu>
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In article <17762@paris.ics.uci.edu> nagel@paris.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) writes:
<This still fails to address the other part of the question: is ClariNet in
<violation of Rick Adams B News copyright if it uses B News as the transport
<layer?  [...] special permission from Rick Adams to use B News?

I *seriously* doubt that this is an issue...  Brad clearly stated that ClariNet
would be available from UUNET, and I'm quite sure that if Rick had any problems
with B News being used by ClariNet he would have voiced them during the
negotiation for UUNET's services.
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