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From: ittfb@dcatla.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microsoft copyright notice (was: uuslave.c public domain, blah**3)
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Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 08:26:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 08:26:04 1987
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Reply-To: ittfb@dcatla.UUCP (Thomas F. Blakely)
Organization: DCA Inc., Alpharetta, GA
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Keywords: copyright, Microsoft, C
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Quoting from the "Microsoft Compiler License Agreement" (That
sealed envelope that your disks came in):

2.  DISTRIBUTION OF RUNTIME MODULES:  Microsoft grants you a royalty-
free right to reproduce and distribute the runtime modules of the
COMPILER ...

This means that for the purposes of your program development and
any programs you sell, Microsoft relinquishes its copyright of
the library routines, subject to the (not unreasonable) conditions
stated in the license agreement.

You should have read this agreement before you ever opened the
envelope containing your diskettes for the compiler.  You might
not have liked what it said.  The confusion here seems to be
between "copyright" and "license".  I'd suggest that you take
this license agreement and your questions to a good lawyer (one
with computer law experience) _before_ you try to market any
product you develop using _ANYONE'S_ software.  If you live in
the Atlanta area, I can recommend one.

Tom Blakely
DCA, Inc.
Alpharetta, GA  30201
(404)442-4866
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