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>>>>> On 29 Jul 91 11:44:19 GMT, cet1@cl.cam.ac.uk (C.E. Thompson) said:

C.E.> Actually, the copyright of the TeXbook was assigned to the
C.E.> American Mathematical Society, although they no doubt have a
C.E.> contract with Addison-Wesley to use them unless X, Y or Z.

Here's the exact quote ["Mr. C.W. from S.F. CA" writes me in e-mail:]

CW> A mostly irrelevant point, but the TeX book is available by anonymous
CW> FTP, in the Unix TeX distribution.  Here's the beginning of
CW> texbook.tex:

CW> % This manual is copyright (C) 1984 by the American Mathematical Society.
CW> % All rights are reserved!
CW> % The file is distributed only for people to see its examples of TeX input,
CW> % not for use in the preparation of books like The TeXbook.
CW> % Permission for any other use of this file must be obtained in writing
CW> % from the copyright holder and also from the publisher (Addison Wesley).
CW> \loop\iftrue
CW>   \errmessage{This manual is copyrighted and should not be TeXed}\repeat

C.E.> The copyright of the LaTeX book is assigned to the publishers,
C.E.> according to the info inside the cover.