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From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
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Subject: Re: Copyleft may be invalid in some states
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Date: 17 Oct 89 15:22:07 GMT
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	"A program placed under GNU Copyleft is licensed without
	compensation.  Hence there is an excellent chance that someone
	in these states could successfully render Copyleft invalid in
	court."

Utterly wrong.  The copyleft is not a license, it is the terms of a
"publication" in the parlance of copyright law.

	"What follow are my opinions; I'm not a lawyer."

I'm not either, but I've taken the trouble to research this law.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]