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From: steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Eckel's Using C++ source Code
Message-ID: <423@taumet.com>
Date: 27 Aug 90 17:52:05 GMT
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jimsa@blake.acs.washington.edu (Jim Sather) writes:

>Is this available anywhere via anonymous ftp?  I'd like to save myself the
>hastle of typing source in, yet I don't wish to pay $25 for the source code
>disk.  If someone else has typed this stuff in, then can it be distributed
>freely?  I would think so since after all I do have the book and I could
>do it myself.  For that matter, couldn't the code off the actual disks be
>distributed since there is no way to distinguishably tell if you had 
>obtained it from the publishers disk copy or from someone who took the pains
>to type it in?  Anyway if it's available somewhere, I sure would like to get
>ahold of a copy.

Suppose I photocopy Eckel's book, have it printed on indentical paper,
make an exact copy of the cover on identical cover stock, and give
away these copies of the book.  It would be extremely difficult to tell
whether a book was from the publisher or was one of the counterfeits.
Is this legal?  Of course not.

Under the "fair use" doctrine, I may make copies of the book or parts of
the book for my own use, but the whole point of the copyright law is that
I may not distribute such copies without permission.

So posting or otherwise giving away or selling copies of the source code
from the book except as authorized by the copyright holder is illegal.
-- 

Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com