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Subject: Re: Reply to:Re:  Call for Osborne Executive owners
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Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 22:23:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 30 22:23:17 1983
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From:  Christopher Herot <cfh@cca-unix>

In response to your message of Wed Nov 30 19:49:04 1983:


I got the simile from the Wall Street Journal.  It wasn't meant to
apply to copying disks but only to the swapping of the originals.
Believe it or not, this practice is prohibited by many of the
contracts which claim to license the program to the original
purchaser.  The article in the Journal went on to express doubt
that this doctrine would hold up in court, since it would be hard
to justify placing any more restrictions on the use or disposition
of one product over another.