> > There's a difference betweeen copying a letter you dashed off without > thinking about and a section of code you spent hours and hours working on. > > > On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Ebon Mists wrote: > > > > Hades > > > > This email Copyright 1996 by Ebon Mists Productions. Reproduction or use, in > > part or whole, without express written permission of the author will bring > > about severe legal action. > > > > You mean to tell me that by me typing that, if anyone quotes parts of this > > message back to the list without my permission, I have the right to sue, and > > WOULD win? I think any court in the United States would laugh that case > > right out the door. Also, if we use quotes, etc, whatever for review, > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > Unsolicited commercial email will be proofread and sent back to its > source, along with a bill for $150 U.S. The act of mailing such messages > to my account indicates acceptance of these terms. > > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > Under US copyright law, anyone can use copyrighted materials in criticism, comment, review, or parody, this is called fair use, or if we use it for news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, it is not an infringement of copyright. *chuckles* Anyone returning your letter would be using quoted material for comment or review, or criticism, most likely.. *shrugs* --Pegasus +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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