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brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:
>In article <NELSON.90May17202145@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
>Ditto here. The problem is that some percentage of people who use
>GPL-covered products will never read the GPL. Considering compiler use,
>I'd estimate 99%.

>Similarly, some percentage of people who have the TeXBook source
>available in various directories will never read the warning saying
>``unlike the TeX implementation, the TeXBook is not public domain.''
>Considering TeX use, I'd estimate 99%.

>My point was that these percentages are probably very close---and
>probably both very close to 100%. In other words, these warnings aren't
>noticed enough in the real world, and someone should figure out how to
>make them more noticeable.

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.

But the reprinting of copyrighted works is a different matter than requiring
users of libraries to give away their source code - at least in MY opinion.
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