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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Public Domain Netnews...
Message-ID: <1445@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Feb-87 16:42:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 20 16:42:31 1987
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1072@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>As far as 2.11 being copyrighted.  How about this:
>
>	Rick, would you agree to remove the copyright notice in patch #4
>	and subsequent patches and/or updates of news (or change the
>	instance of your name to something like "Usenet Community")
>	and change "author" to "authors"?

I'm not speaking for Rick, but it is only fair to point out that "Usenet
Community Trust" copyright used in mod.recipies does not necessarily have
any legal standing.  It does serve as a notice that the moderator/group
does not wish to have the material published without the source being
acknowledged.

Rick's copyright (at least as a collection and/or for some parts) should
have enough standing to serve his (clearly stated in the source) reasons
for putting it there.  Let's not confuse the issue by suggesting he can
copyright it as long as the copyright is void...

BTW, I wish everyone would remember that reading a book(s) or articles does
not give one enough background to start offering absolute statements about
the validity of copyrights or transition to and from public domain?  Can
we be humble enough to include those polite little conditional phrases -
I think, as I understand it, should, might, etc, etc, etc?
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)