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From: v092mgp5@ubvmsc.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott K Wood)
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Subject: Re: What?  NO PD CHESS FOR MAC???
Keywords: chess
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Date: 30 Oct 90 20:28:26 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.194152.19138@wuarchive.wustl.edu>, 
hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer) writes...

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>I will just see if I can find any copyright notice in the about box, if
>such one exists. If there is no copyright notice in the program itself,
>can it then be copied freely ? (according to US copyright law)

   Well, that depends.  If the program was COMMERCIAL and contains a
copyright notice than you had better not distribute it.  However, if the
program was SHAREWARE, that is copyrighted but distributable with a 
contribution to the author, that yes you can copy it freely.  Chnaces are,
since it was a .1 version, you can distribute it, but don't take my word
for it.

                                    Scott
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