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Re: Actual case of hoarding public domain code?

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From: f
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 21:06
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Does anyone know the facts about Scribe?  
My recollections, which are shaky at best, say that Brian Reed wrote
Scribe, only to have it usurped by an evil company.  
I would like to know the story in greater detail, if anyone recalls it.

-steve
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