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From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The USENET Macintosh Programmer's Guide
Keywords: Programming Guide
Message-ID: <396@biar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 89 16:29:13 GMT
References: <3966@ece-csc.UUCP> <11647@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> <9937@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3969@ece-csc.UUCP>
Reply-To: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead)
Organization: Biar Games, Inc.
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In article <3969@ece-csc.UUCP> jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall) writes:
>1) Copyright.  Several of you have suggested copyrighting the Guide in one
>form or another, ostensibly to prevent commercial exploitation.  I'll admit
>I haven't given this issue exhaustive thought, but I would rather NOT see
>it copyrighted.  In particular, programming examples and/or modules
>distributed with the Guide should be available for ANY use whatsoever.

Copyright gives _you_ _control_ of what is done with the work.  You just
clearly specify "You can do this, this and this;  you cannot do this; and
if you want to do something we haven't listed, you must get written
permission from us."  Of course, see a lawyer to get the words right.
 


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