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From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu
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Subject: Re: The Profile Design Project
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Date: 16 Jun 91 19:07:24 GMT
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In article <1991Jun15.013725.13923@netcom.COM> profile@netcom.COM (Tom Czarnik)  
writes:

   The Profile Design Project was created to study the feasibility of
   coordinating a work group over a Wide Area Network (WAN)

then writes:
   We reserve all rights granted to us by
   the various copyright conventions. All software, art, music, and stories
   cannot be used without our permission, except where the use constitutes
   a research or experimental need and is not used for commercial activity;
   the proper identification must be affixed to the software, art, music, or
   story. Anything developed by us cannot be altered and distributed. Upon a
   the termination of the project, all software, technical notes, and standards
   will become public domain. The specific date of termination will be decided
   by the project's board of directors.

I would like to suggest that you use the copyright model of the Free Software  
Foundation (GNU), which would provide a much more open basis for distribution  
of resulting product.