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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
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Subject: Re: What documentation is fair/legal to use to develop clone software?
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Date: 28 Jul 90 13:06:00 GMT
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mason@tmsoft.uucp (Dave Mason) writes:

|I am developing a clone of some major AT&T software (exactly *what* is a
|secret for now).  I obviously don't want the result legally
|encumbered, as it is to be freely distributable (a la FSF or less
|restrictive rules).

|The question is: What can I base my knowledge on?

And so it begins. How horribly sad that programmers even have to ask such
questions.
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