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Software availability is determined by the AUTHOR.
- Subject: Software availability is determined by the AUTHOR.
- From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)
- Date: 1998/01/09
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc.
- References: <693jk5$am7@nntp02.primenet.com> <693k51$5j$1@darla.visi.com> <693pl9$e77@nntp02.primenet.com>
In article <693pl9$e77@nntp02.primenet.com>,
g <biff@spamblok.pacbell.net> wrote:
>I was dramatically attempting to be open to a REAL reason why....sheesh.
A real reason: the author can set any restrictions on distribution
they want. And unavability of the base hardware "new" doesn't change
that. Copyrights exist for author's life plus 50 years, or until
*explicitly* changed. And thus they remain.
Nathan Mates
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