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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Rms says: Motif vs open look, a trend?
Message-ID: <814:Feb1421:55:4491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 21:55:44 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.002058.2311@digi.lonestar.org> kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) writes:
>He is impressed and convinces ABC to let him create
>a TV fortune telling program in which people call in live to get their fortunes
>told. The program uses an IBM PC and your software to generate the fortunes
>for each caller. You might think that John Fortune and ABC owe you compensation
>for using your program to make money. However, the copyright on your software 
>gives you no such rights to compensation. John Fortune and ABC can use your 
>program without owing you a dime!

This is simply wrong. Copyrights protect public performance as well as
copying and distribution, and buying a copy of some software doesn't
give you the right to use it in public. I advise any John Fortunes out
there to avoid Kevin's advice.

---Dan