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From: austin@uw-june.uw-beaver (Austin Dahl)
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Subject: Re: Webster Copyright Status
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Date: 19 Jul 89 23:03:06 GMT
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In-reply-to: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 19 Jul 89 16:39:53 GMT

I thought this article from comp.sys.next might be of interest to
those reading the recent postings about the Webster server.

In article <1502@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:

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   From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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   I asked a while back about the copyright status of the Dictionary on the
   NeXT.  I have received a definitive answer from one of our NeXT reps.

   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.

   If you must flame somebody over this, don't flame NeXT, flame Merriam Webster.
   They are the ones insisting on their copyright rights (personally, I
   don't blame them, but that's just my opinion).

   -- 
   Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
   Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: {convex,uunet}!uiucuxc!dorner
   IfUMust:  (217) 244-1765

Austin Dahl
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