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Article #1082Re: Reve: Invalid restrictions on usage.
From: Rich Burridge
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 1990 21:38
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 1990 21:38
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In article <16309@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: > In the comp.sources.games posting, Volume 11, Issue 52, Rich Burridge > posts an othello game called Reve. In all of the files is the line: > > You are forbidden from using Reve as is, or in a modified state, in > > any tournaments, without the permission of the authors. > > As has been discussed to death and looked at by copyright lawyers, > such a restriction is invalid and carries zero legal weight. I sought guidance on this from someone who is far more knowedgable in this area then I am. Sean is absolutely correct. In article <21712:Nov412:17:2190@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> (Dan Bernstein) write: > In this case, the authors have granted you the right to distribute the > sources, with certain qualifications. One of those qualifications is > that you may not enter the program in a tournament. That was exactly our intention. We probably could have worded it better. In patch #1 (in about a weeks time), I will try to write the introductory messages in a way that is more appeasing.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sunaus.oz!richb From: richb@sunaus.oz (Rich Burridge) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Reve: Invalid restrictions on usage. Message-ID: <1990Nov4.213823.24309@sunaus.oz> Date: 4 Nov 90 21:38:23 GMT References: <16309@s.ms.uky.edu> Organization: Sun Microsystems - Australia Lines: 21