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Date: Sat, 30-Jun-84 17:04:11 PDT
From: Lauren Weinstein <uw-beaver!vortex!lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA>
Subject: Re: legal matters
To: vail@UCLA-LOCUS
Cc: info-mac@SUMEX
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 30 Jun 84 10:03:04 PDT

Your lack of understanding of the law, including the difference between
giving professional legal advice and expressing a personal opinion,
is laughable.  I only hope that someday you have some software that
you're trying to sell and protect, and that someone posts your
sources to some networks without your permission.  We'll see who'll
be laughing then.

AT&T used trade secret agreements as the only reasonable manner
to protect their work and still be able to release sources so that
people could do the work they wanted to do with those systems.  Those
who try to take "advantage" of such licensing are simply vindicating
the increasing attitude that no software should EVER be provided with
source, regardless of its size, complexity, or cost.  It will be a
sad day when this attitude comes to totally dominate all aspects
of our industry -- but this seems likely so long as people refuse
to respect the idea rights and property rights of others.

Feel free to argue this point with me in more detail in private mail.

--Lauren--