Re: What would happen if you freed your commercial software?

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 23:23

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In article <1992Jan19.211336.11278@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:

   Can anyone on the GNU project comment on this?  Have they considered
   legal action against clones of GNU software where the authors of said
   software might have been "contaminated" by access to GNU source?  On
   the one hand this is simply a matter of copyright protection, on the
   other it borders on look-and-feel issues.

We pay careful attention to the distribution of our code, but we are
concerned with the actual source.  "Contamination" usually refers to
contamination by the AT&T trade secret agreement you sign.  We don't
have any trade secrets.

	-mib

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
Subject: Re: What would happen if you freed your commercial software?
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