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From: scarter@caip.rutgers.edu (Stephen M. Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: source code
Message-ID: <Mar.2.01.48.47.1989.11447@caip.rutgers.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 89 06:48:48 GMT
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Reply-To: scarter@caip.rutgers.edu (Stephen M. Carter)
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I was once under the impression that access to source code is purely
company policy.  Then I started hearing that it is not so much that, but
in most cases, it is with the finacial backing structure of the company. 
In some cases, the insurance company backing them is the one that
mandates no source code.  Sometimes, in special cases, a company can
make a source holder a consultant (ie pay them some token amount per
year) which will allow the company to give out source.  By in large, a
company can't do this with everybody wanting source. 

Any legal experts care to get into this?

scarter@caip.rutgers.edu