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From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff)
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Subject: Re: Capturing Printer (eg PS) output to file
Summary: Copyright responsibility
Message-ID: <2365@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 89 00:42:39 GMT
References: <236@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> <238@orchid.warwick.ac.uk>
Organization: Computer Center, UCSF
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In article <238@orchid.warwick.ac.uk>, ecctp@warwick.ac.uk (Dr J A K Cave) writes:

> Code will be posted in a week if no copyright problems surface.  Please
> advise.
> 
 ...
> 
>           This is copyrighted material.  No fee is charged for its use.
>           You may reproduce and distribute it as you see fit, but please do
>           not distribute modified or incomplete copies.


In this case the release is explicit so the only question is its
authenticity.

But the announcement at the beginning is a bit disturbing. Even though
its author may understand correctly, the way it is expressed may be
misleading to some.

If there is doubt about the status of the material it is the 
responsibility of the person proposing to distribute it to obtain
explicit permission from the copyright holder. It is not enough
to make a statement of your intentions, even publicly, and take
silence as permission. Whether you could make such an assumption
if you had directly notified the copyright holder is a question
that only legal counsel could advise you on and the question 
probably has many complicating factors.

 Thos Sumner       Internet: thos@cca.ucsf.edu
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                   BITNET:  thos@ucsfcca

 U.S. Mail:  Thos Sumner, Computer Center, Rm U-76, UCSF
             San Francisco, CA 94143-0704 USA

In assumption lies litigation.

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