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From: bet@ecsvax.UUCP (Bennett E. Todd III)
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Subject: Re: Copyrights and Software Ripoffs
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Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 15:48:05 EST
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In article <220@sas.UUCP> walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker) writes:
> [...]  How about some legal eagle out there coming up with an appropriate
> statment which allows distribution on a not-for-profit basis while retaining
> the author's copyright?

It's been done. The Free Software Foundation (whence cometh GNU; RMS's
current pet project) distributes software with a fairly lengthy
preamble; it asserts Copyright, then explicitly grants permission for
redistribution with restrictions designed to keep anybody from abusing
it.

-Bennett
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