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Article #75319Re: TWM Virtual Desktop
From: Bruce Karsh
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 1990 10:17
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 1990 10:17
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In article <0093AFE7.2E6BF680@max.berkeley.edu> dc@max.berkeley.edu (Dave Cottingham) writes: >I always thought that when I finally gave up pretending to be a >physicist it would be fun to turn my hand to hacking as a profession, >but with the prospect of getting a letter from a lawyer every time I >release a piece of code, the word "fun" now seems somehow >inappropriate. This is nonsense. Would everyone who's been contacted by a lawyer and asked to change their code because it infringes please post about your experience. I think your arguement is a red herring. Programmers aren't getting sued unless they're really infringing. Bruce Karsh karsh@sgi.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,468ff2c91d234e8d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-11 06:23:32 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com From: karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: TWM Virtual Desktop Message-ID: <66711@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 11 Aug 90 10:17:25 GMT References: <62390@bu.edu.bu.edu> <0093AFE7.2E6BF680@max.berkeley.edu> Sender: karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com Reply-To: karsh@trifolium.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 16 Posted: Sat Aug 11 11:17:25 1990