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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu!usenet From: Axel Boldt <boldt@math.ucsb.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Lesstif vs. the OSF/Motif copyright Date: 03 May 1996 15:02:01 -0700 Organization: Univ of California at Santa Barbara, Dept of Mathematics Lines: 15 Sender: boldt@emile.math.ucsb.edu Message-ID: <ywtloj9iffr.fsf@emile.math.ucsb.edu> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <3176D081.794BDF32@FreeBSD.org> <4la318$ah3@sidhe.memra.com> <31794DB6.7DE974DF@lambert.org> <940@crane.ukc.ac.uk> <31866E12.67FD83BE@lambert.org> <4m8k99$o12@master.di.fc.ul.pt> <318978E8.14B8@vfr.interceptor.com> <4mc8v9$fob@s854803.kb.be> <318A36D9.3684@vfr.interceptor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: emile.math.ucsb.edu In-reply-to: "Thumper!"'s message of Fri, 03 May 1996 09:39:53 -0700 To: "Thumper!" <thumper@vfr.interceptor.com> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:22954 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:918 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3649 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3488 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18651 comp.os.linux.advocacy:47938 "Thumper!" <thumper@vfr.interceptor.com> said: Thumper!> The basic rule of copyright law is: Unless you have specific Thumper!> permission to use something for the purpose you are using it Thumper!> for, you are in the wrong. Copyright law is about making and distributing copies and derivative works, not about use. You can use the ideas embodied in copyrighted work in every way you want. Axel -- You may copy and distribute this article, but you cannot use it to built an AI version of Axel Boldt.