Re: Software availability is determined by the AUTHOR.

[jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson)]

In article <19980109031401.WAA25756@ladder02.news.aol.com>,
LJSILICON <ljsilicon@aol.com> wrote:
>>   A real reason: the author can set any restrictions on distribution<BR>
>>they want. And unavability of the base hardware "new" doesn't change<BR>
>>that. Copyrights exist for author's life plus 50 years, or until<BR>
>>*explicitly* changed. And thus they remain.<BR>
>
>And Nothin is here to see that no one copies anything that has ever had a
>copyright notice. The author may not care any longer, but Nothin does & will
>call your ISP if he finds you have any software on your site that he feels is
>not kosher. I sleep better at nights knowing that Nothin is out there
>protecting me and my software.

Are you going to give the same response to Mike Westerfield's contribution
to the thread?
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