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From: phil@osiris.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Profiteering from Shareware/Freeware?
Message-ID: <841@osiris.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Jun-86 09:23:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: osiris.841
Posted: Wed Jun 25 09:23:31 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 07:34:06 EDT
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Organization: Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Summary: shareware copyright infringement

It seems to me (personal analysis probably unrelated to legal reality
coming) that the standard {share,free}ware copyright notice explicitly
prohibits redistributing such software for personal gain.  Am I wrong,
or is this really the case, and if so, aren't the shareware profiteers
guilty of copyright infringement?  Do any {share,free}ware authors out
there know?  (Anyone else who might know is also invited to reply.)


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