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From: morrison@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Rick Morrison)
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Subject: Re: Webster Copyright
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Date: 20 Jul 89 02:48:02 GMT
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Steve Dorner <1502@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> writes:
>I asked a while back about the copyright status of the Dictionary on the
>NeXT.[...]
>The information in the Webster must be processed and displayed
>ONLY on NeXT machines.  Using it as a basis for a webster server is NOT
>ok, unless ALL the clients are NeXT machines.

I would be most surprised if a simple copyright can make such a
stipulation.  In the worst case one could run a single-user server,
emulating the effect of having just a single copy of the dictionary. I
didn't sign a licensing agreement restricting such use of Webster. My
inclination is to ignore this advice.
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