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In article <1991Mar19.233134.17605@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, andreess@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen) writes:
> Worse than this... as I recall, if you do purchase a PC disk with
> the source code (from the publisher), you are prohibited from uploading 
> it to another system.  So, I really can't use Numerical Recipes code
> on a VAX or a Unix system without typing it in myself, line by 
> line, resulting in the additional problem of having to weed out
> my typing mistakes, which isn't easy (given their coding style and my
> typing precision).  This damn near makes the book entirely useless, 
> since I have to go to IMSL (proprietary) or NAG (proprietary) or Linpack 
> (thank God for netlib, BTW) instead...

Yeah, but there is such a policy in copyrightland called "fair use."  Fair
use as generalized to machine-readable code generally includes (or should
include, but the law is still vague and untested) backup
copies.  As long as you give them proper attribution in any paper written
that utilizes their routines, they won't mind.  As for transfering the code
onto a different machine, I see little difference as long as you don't let
other people use the code.  When you buy a copy of the code, it's yours to
use as you please as long as you don't do something with it that deprives
them of their due.

Damn the lawyers, full speed ahead!!

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