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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Webster Copyright Status
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Date: 15 Aug 89 16:39:53 GMT
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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
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