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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: A sample copyright with limited distribution
Message-ID: <14124@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 90 20:29:23 GMT
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY
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For the purposes of discussion, I want to post a rough draft of a
copyright granting limited redistribution. This is neither my idea of
the ultimate copyright nor is it something I believe everyone should
do. It is part of a package I intend to post someday.

I invite comments on it, either to me or to Usenet. If you wish, you
may want to answer questions like:

1. Do you think it's fair?
2. Do you think it's legally valid?
3. Are the terms for redistribution applicable under copyright law?
4. Would any Usenet site be squeamish about redistributing it?
5. How would you change it?
6. What is your overall reaction?


Each C source file has the following comment at the beginning:

|/* Copyright (c) 1990 by Carrick Sean Casey. All rights reserved. */
|/* For copying and distribution information, see the file COPYING. */


The file COPYING looks like this:


|Fn and Forumnet are Copyright (c) 1990 Carrick Sean Casey.
|All rights reserved.
|
|Except for the following conditions, this software or any part of it
|may be redistributed freely.
|
|YOU MAY NOT
|-----------
|Sell copies of this software.
|Distribute copies with copyright notices or COPYING notice omitted.
|Distribute it in a package that has a compilation copyright.
|Distribute modified copies unless the modifications are documented to end users.
|
|These conditions are designed to allow the greatest distribution of the
|software, protect end users from tampering, and prevent anyone but the
|author from profiting from its distribution.
|
|I have avoided a "Usage License" because they are unenforceable, probably
|not legally binding, and in many cases, downright insulting. If you have
|questions about this notice, please send mail to sean@ms.uky.edu. I will
|be happy to answer your questions.
|
|
|DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
|----------------------
|THE AUTHOR (CARRICK S. CASEY) DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
|REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
|MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
|FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
|WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN
|AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
|OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS
|SOFTWARE.
-- 
***  Sean Casey          sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean
***  "May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no cannibalism
***  in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there
***  is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit." -MP