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From: mason@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Mason)
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Subject: Re: Software protection misinformation
Message-ID: <4102@utcsrgv.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 21:05:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 30 21:05:15 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 30-Apr-84 23:19:06 EDT
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Organization: University of Toronto/Ryerson Polytechnic Institute
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To correct the correction:
Patents are basically in return for disclosure.  The idea is that the inventor
will be able to make a killing for 19 years or whatever, but that the rest of
the world will get to see the method, and be able to build on it to the
(implicit) overall public benifit.

The other corrections I believe to be correct, but I thought the original
article to be well written.
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