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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: sc addendum (about binary postings)
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Date: 26 Mar 91 11:54:29 GMT
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In article <9103212117@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org> waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) writes:
>In principle, posting binaries can't hurt
Viruses?

>About spreadsheets: any votes for me posting my port of Borland MicroCalc ?
What is the copyright status of this?  Now that the U.S. has signed the Berne
Convention, the absence of a copyright notice does not mean something is
public domain.  If Borland has explicitly put the program into the public
domain, ok.  Otherwise, posting it would violate their copyright.  Don't do
it.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)