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From: ralf@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralf Brown)
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Subject: Re: v11INF3:  Poll on copyrights
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Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 23:10:47 EDT
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In article <31209@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>Just because someone places a restriction on something doesn't mean it
>>has to be followed. I have no qualms about doing anything I damn well
>>please with any piece of software I get my hands on.
...
>Your attitude is a horrible rationalization. It is also illegal as hell. If
>you take what you say and put it in some other context (as above) ESPECIALLY
>a context where you might lose something of it instead of gain, it shows how
>stupid and self-serving it is.
...
>Chuq Von Rospach					chuq@sun.COM
>Editor, OtherRealms					Delphi: CHUQ

The way I understand copyright laws, you may do anything you want with a
*legally* acquired program, provided that you *do not redistribute* any
modifications without permission from the copyright holder.  Of course,
most license agreements prevent you from loading the program into memory :-)

This is in analogy to being able to mark up, tear apart, etc. a book
you've bought.

Std. Disc.:  I'm not a copyright lawyer, but I did recently read a book
on copyrighting software.

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