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echo: quik_bas
to: BILL WHITE
from: GREG EASTHOM
date: 1998-02-03 21:58:00
subject: Copyright

BW>GE> -   Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1990
BW>GE> -     PRINT "*";
BW>GE> Does this mean I need written permission to use this line in my
BW>     Come on!  I don't mean to flame, but you are
No problem. I wear fireproof undies.
BW>carrying this to such an extreme it's getting silly!
My point exactly! I was just pointing out how extreme it was for SEAN to
say of any piece of code in a copyrighted program.....
SD>You can read it, look at it, print it out.
SD>**** BUT: You can't use the code in your own programs unless you have
SD>written permission/license from the original author.
If so, maybe a dozen big programs could be written before every possible
bit of code had been copyrighted, and anything further would be illegal.
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