Re: Numerical Recipes code copyrighted

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From: Greg Hennessy
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1991 02:27

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Todd L. Masco writes:
#This is really absurd -- taken literally, as all legal things have to
#be, it means that I am not allowed to, say, compile any of their code
#with VAX C with the /LIST specifier set.  Nor am I allowed keep my
#source in more than one place -- backups, anyone?   What if I have a
#scanner and some text recognition code? 

While I forget the exact terminology, and am not a lawyer, you are
allowed to make copies necessary for running the program and
reasonable backups. These all come under the "fair use" exemptions of
copyrighten code.

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From: gsh7w@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: Numerical Recipes code copyrighted
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