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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: patents, copyrights, licenses
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 01:48:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 01:48:48 1986
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> 1. There is hope that the restrictive licenses on SW might be
> liberalized since some such attempted restrictions in the past have
> died.  e.g. I have a GE car battery charger from about the 20s that
> contains a vacuum tube rectifier.  The charger's nameplate says that
> this tube is being sold to be used in this device, and that it is not
> licensed to be used in a radio transmitter.  (Maybe ham operators would
> rebuild chargers into radios and GE didn't like it ???) I haven't heard
> of people lately being busted for recycling something's components.
> 
If it were today I would expect it was because of product liability.
I noticed that nearly everything I get from National Semiconducter requires
permission of NSC before it is used in any life supporting appuratus.

-Ron