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From: sirbu@CMU-EE-GAUSS.ARPA (Marvin Sirbu)
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Subject: Re:  Copyrights & Translated programs
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 11:26:54 EST
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Yes, the original program author has rights over translated versions.
See the column on this subject in the March issue of IEEE Communications
Magazine.