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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Software Protection
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Date: 4 Feb 88 14:35:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Feb  4 08:35:00 1988


It should be pointed out that there is such a thing as "fair use".
This means that (and I am not a lawyer, see YOUR laywer, etc.) if you want 
to talk about ,say, the initializiation (startup) code of the Microsoft
C compiler in class, you could print it out and pass out Xeroxes to the
class. It would probably be similar to give it to them on floppies. This is
because it is such a tiny part of the distribution.  Any lawyer types
on the net want to comment?

As to policing people by standing over their shoulders, I suggest that 
you go out and pirate a copy of the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. :-)

Doug McDonald
University of Illinois