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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
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Subject: Re: 4.3 Copyright
Message-ID: <6192@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Jul-86 11:41:04 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 29 11:41:04 1986
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Summary: holding versus claiming
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> > . . .in any case, the way that works out, the Regents
> > of the University of California hold the copyright. . .

> . . .but I'd be willing to bet that the Regents of the
> University of California are claiming credit for and ownership of at
> least a few things they didn't write.  Some of us think this practice
> is pretty sleazy, not to mention legally dubious.

Indeed.  At this point, the Regents merely claim the copyright.  A court
might--or might not--uphold the claim; the substantial Federal funding
that went into 4.3 makes it arguable that the copyright rightfully belongs
to the Federal government.

Of course, all us law abiding types will assume that the Regent's claim is
valid unless it's found invalid.
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