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Re: Imagine if you couldn't use compress any more

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From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 1990 17:19
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In article <104465@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM 
(Tom Christiansen) writes:

>Can you imagine us all going back to pack or compact, or paying
>Unisys royalties?  So much for the common good.

It is probably a lot more informative to talk to Convex lawyers and
ask about this issue than to engage in idle speculation. As for common
good, one can argue that paranoia and knee-jerk reactions are not good 
for the commons as well.

oz
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From: oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit)
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Subject: Re: Imagine if you couldn't use compress any more
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