RE: Compressed distributions

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From: cs450a03
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 20:08

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Michael Callahan writes:

>Now, the distinction between a blueprint and the machine it
>describes is clear, and that's why distributing the diagrams
>from a patent document doesn't constitute infringement.  

Note that some people consider this a bad thing (typeface
manufacturers, Chamber of Commerce, etc.)

And, of course, these wonderbunnies are continually pressing to get
the laws "fixed" so that it's illegal to copy blueprints (and color
schemes, and ...).

I wish them the worst of luck (but in the nicest possible way :-)

Raul Rockwell

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