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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: \"published\" works
Message-ID: <1059@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 15:51:38 EST
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.1059
Posted: Thu Jan  9 15:51:38 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jan-86 07:28:11 EST
References: <1154@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr
Lines: 17
Keywords: Published, copyright
Summary: More on ambiguous meaning of "published"

In article <1154@brl-tgr.ARPA> lauren@rand-unix.arpa writes:
>I believe that the definition of a "published" work in this context is
>something that you intend to distribute without license agreements or other
>similar contractual arrangements.

I don't have the Copyright Act in front of me, but I'm almost certain
the definition of "published" provided therein has nothing to do with
licensing, although I vaguely remember reading something (in some
copyright guide) that works distributed under trade-secret agreements
are not considered published.  It's my recollection that publishing has
to do with availability to a large class of people.  Drat.  Guess I'll
have to go look this up...
-- 
D Gary Grady
Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-3695
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