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Subject: Re: uucp source copyright status - IMPORTANT
Message-ID: <43183@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 13:52:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 20 13:52:56 1987
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Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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Keywords: no copyright notices in all the uucp source I've ever seen.
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Summary: Just because it doesn't have a copyright notice doesn't mean that it's public domain

UUCP (and the rest of the Unix sources) are LICENSED software from
ATT. When your site received your sources from ATT, they argeed in writing
to protect them as a valuable trade secret of ATT. The sources
remain the property of ATT and they have the right to revoke your
license to use them at any time if you do not take
proper precautions to safegaurd the files.

The licensing is a STRONGER protection than copyright. Your company would
probably go out of business (at least your division) if ATT revoked
your companies license because of you giving away ATT property.

Remember, your company did not buy UNIX source, they bought the right
to USE and RELICENSE UNIX. Unix remains the property of ATT.

---rick

(I am not an ATT employee, never was and probably never will be. I just
bothered to read our license agreement)