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From: richb@sunaus.oz (Rich Burridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Reve: Invalid restrictions on usage.
Message-ID: <1990Nov4.213823.24309@sunaus.oz>
Date: 4 Nov 90 21:38:23 GMT
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In article <16309@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
> In the comp.sources.games posting, Volume 11, Issue 52, Rich Burridge
> posts an othello game called Reve. In all of the files is the line:
> >    You are forbidden from using Reve as is, or in a modified state, in
> >    any tournaments, without the permission of the authors.
>
> As has been discussed to death and looked at by copyright lawyers,
> such a restriction is invalid and carries zero legal weight.

I sought guidance on this from someone who is far more knowedgable in
this area then I am. Sean is absolutely correct.

In article <21712:Nov412:17:2190@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> (Dan Bernstein) write:
> In this case, the authors have granted you the right to distribute the
> sources, with certain qualifications. One of those qualifications is
> that you may not enter the program in a tournament.

That was exactly our intention. We probably could have worded it better.

In patch #1 (in about a weeks time), I will try to write the introductory
messages in a way that is more appeasing.