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- Since I didn't hear from you for so long, I've started posting to
- net.sources - today in fact. I've only posted part 1 of the 6 so far.
- What do you think we should do? Repost all in mod.sources? Only parts
- 2-6? Stay in net.sources? I might as well cancel it, I don't expect
- that it has gotten very far yet.
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- Regarding "permission" from B. Kernighan - is his e-mail okay? This is
- what I got from him: (naturally, I have acceded to his request, and
- have put copyright notices on all of the sources from the book).
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- From utzoo!ihnp4!mrkos!bwk Tue Jun 4 18:45:02 1985
- Received: by mnetor.UUCP (4.12/4.7)
- id AA22005; Tue, 4 Jun 85 18:45:00 edt
- Date: 4 Jun 85 09:17:58 CDT (Tue)
- From: ihnp4!mrkos!bwk
- Received: by ihnp4.ATT.UUCP id AA14554; 4 Jun 85 09:17:58 CDT (Tue)
- Apparently-To: utzoo!mnetor!clewis
- Status: RO
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- The programs in Software Tools [in Pascal] are
- copyrighted, so distributionn without permission
- is not legal. Personal use is fair use, if I
- understand things properly.
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- It looks like A-W is not really seriously interested
- in selling or distributing the Software Tools
- code these days, however,
- so Bill Plauger and I have decided that reasonable distribution
- through public networks, bulletin boards, etc.,
- should be permitted as an alternative.
- To protect our interest in the material,
- we would like each copy (per program at least) to retain a copyright
- notice indicating that the material
- comes originally from Software Tools [in Pascal], is copyrighted,
- and that subsequent copies should also retain the
- copyright notice.
-
- Naturally I'd like to encourage everyone to go out
- and buy a copy or two of the book.
- Given A-W's benign neglect of the code,
- we should do better with the increased interest coming
- from ready availability of the code.
-
- Brian W. Kernighan
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