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Article #73763Re: NJ wants to license programmers
From: Josh Yelon
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1991 23:35
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1991 23:35
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It seems to me that the validity and reasonability of this bill depends upon what one is allowed to do without a license. Here are some scenarios in which I can imagine that a person might wish to perform "software engineering" without a license. Which of these would be illegal under the conditions of this bill? 1. I write a 1-line basic program because I can't find my calculator. 2. I write a video game. 3. I write a video game and sell it for 20 bucks a copy. 4. I am a geologist, I write a fortran program to track land movement over a 20 year period. I use it. 5. I am the same geologist, I give my fortran program to a colleague. 6. I am the same geologist, and I sell my fortran program. 7. I offer to configure somebody's new computer for him, in doing so, I edit config.sys and autoexec.bat. Just asking! - Josh
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,624fa0d9d693a21f X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-24 00:18:15 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!usc!wupost!m.cs.uiuc.edu!jyelon From: jyelon@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Josh Yelon) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: NJ wants to license programmers Message-ID: <1991Jul23.233506.9879@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 23 Jul 91 23:35:06 GMT Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL Lines: 25