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Article #13568Re: Cloning the new IBMs without violating copyrights
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Date: Mon, 04 May 1987 08:16
Date: Mon, 04 May 1987 08:16
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in article <313@attila.weitek.UUCP>, mahar@weitek.UUCP (Mike Mahar) says:
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> There is a concept in the U.S. called restraint of trade. A corporation
> can't require a copyright notice to be an integral part of the function
> of a machine. A competitor would simply put the copyright notice in
> his machine because it is required to make it work. If IBM objects
> on copyright infringements there is a good case that the intent of the
Does this apply to the fact that certain software by a very large
DOS oriented company requires parts of copyright notices be present in
the firmware of the machine in order to operate ?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ptsfa!nonvon!apn From: apn@nonvon.UUCP (root) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Cloning the new IBMs without violating copyrights Message-ID: <116@nonvon.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-May-87 04:16:32 EDT Article-I.D.: nonvon.116 Posted: Mon May 4 04:16:32 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 5-May-87 01:33:25 EDT References: <313@attila.weitek.UUCP> Organization: NONVON Systems Computer Research Group Lines: 19