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    26-Aug-91  21:56:48
Sb: #Copyright? continued
Fm: John Semler 70324,633
To: James Jones

It sounds like you know alot about copyrights so I ask a few questions. Is a
"copyleft" legally binding?  Was there any court cases where GNU went after
people violating this so called "copyleft"?  Does the international community
recognize the term "copyleft"?  Is there a book on how to copyleft software?

I got the book "How to Copyright Software" by M. J. Salone, and it said nothing
about copyleft.  I personally suspect GNU is trying to intimidate people from
protecting their intellectual property.  The book says nothing about
incorporating routines from a library (I am most worried when it is public
domain, i.e. "CLIBT.L").  Instead it makes the claim that the copyright office
doesn't make a distinction between compiled program and source code. (medium
independence?)

I just want to display my copyright to remind people not to exploit my work for
commercial purposes. (BTW I am unemployed)

Re: "copyrighting concepts": Your right, I only want to copyright my work!

John

P.S. Sorry I can't thread the message.  This message was uploaded using B+
protocol but CompuServe doesn't let on on how to chain it into the thread.
Seems like most of the bucks is spent in fighting the system!



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