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Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Isaac
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 05:00:25 GMT, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@news.hex.net> 
wrote:
>On 17 Jan 2000 23:32:35 GMT, Isaac <isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> concluded 
>we would all be made wiser by knowing that:
>>I understand what you are saying, I just disagree that installing
>>software on an employees workstation constitutes giving the software
>>to the employee.  As long as we disagree on this, there should be no
>>surprise that we reach different conclusions.
>
>This makes the fallacious assumption that the workstation belongs to
>the employee.
>
>If both computers belong to the company, then the copying may have
>nothing to do with the employee from a legal standpoint.
>

I thought I was agreeing with this viewpoint.  Where did I go wrong.

Isaac
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From: isaac@latveria.castledoom.org (Isaac)
Subject: Re: GPL and NDAs
Date: 2000/01/18
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