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From: karn@envy..bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Subject: Re: ka9q and copyright law
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.043938.8799@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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Reply-To: karn@envy.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc
References: <1990Dec7.034116.22941@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 90 04:39:38 GMT


I have made it a rule to not use either USENET or the Internet for
discussions having to do with the commercial use of my KA9Q code.

However, since the issue has unfortunately been brought up here by
someone else I felt I should send this one message to clarify publicly
the status of KA9Q.

As is evident from the startup message, the entire KA9Q package is
copyrighted. Most of the "base" code was written by me, while certain
major subsections (e.g., SMTP, NET/ROM, the mailer command, etc) were
written by several other volunteers who retain the copyright on their
own contributions; see the individual source files for details. (If
there is no authorship notice in a particular file, then you can
assume that I wrote it.)

All of these modules are available under the same conditions: they may
be freely copied and used without charge by noncommercial users such
as universities and amateur radio operators, but commercial copying
and use requires permission from the appropriate author(s).

If you are in this latter category, please call me at home: (908)
561-2970.  The best times to reach me are late evenings (east coast
time) and weekends. I do travel a lot and I keep infamously irregular
hours even at home, so you may have a hard time getting though at
first. But if you leave a message we should eventually hook up.

Please do NOT send me email; if you do, you will simply get a response
asking you to call me at home.

Thanks,

Phil