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Subject: Software legalities: another question
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Date: Tue, 23-Aug-83 13:52:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 23 13:52:14 1983
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	Okay, assuming what rabbit!ark said is true, I have another
question.  Suppose I have used a particular piece of software, so
that I have a pretty good idea how it must have been written, or can
at least make a guess as to how it was done.  I then hack a version
of the software.  Am I then in violation of copyright law?  Suppose
I now market my version.  Can I copyright my version?  Is my version
protected under the law?  It seems to me that this goes on all the
time.  I'm trying to understand where the line is drawn and why. 
Anybody out there with definitive answers?  Good guesses?

P.S. to rabbit!ark: never mind.  i figured out what happened when i
read your article.
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				--Bill

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