Re: GPL read often?

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From: Douglas Clinton
Date: Tue, 22 May 1990 18:19

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In article <1990May20.200152.586@aai.com> leo@aai.com writes:
> brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:
> In the case of TeX, it was mentioned lately in comp.text.tex that an
> additional precaution is taken to prevent people from printing out a copy of
> the TeXBook - the font containing the "dangerous bend" symbol used throughout
> the book is not provided.
> So, even if the notice isn't read, it's made more difficult to violate.
It's made even more obvious because the source provided contains a loop
at the beginning which  just sits there printing "Do not run this
through TeX" or some similar message, ever second.

Doug

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From: clint@ibmpcug.co.uk (Douglas Clinton)
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Subject: Re: GPL read often?
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Date: 22 May 90 18:19:41 GMT
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