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From: adam@soda.berkeley.edu (Adam J Richter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Should I get the AT&T source?
Message-ID: <15e0mnINN4fj@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 1 Aug 92 12:39:51 GMT
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In article <150210@mbf.UUCP> fmt@mbf.UUCP (Mike Trimberger) writes:
>PS: Gaining access to the ATT code with appropriate disclosure and licence
> is called _theft_. No one would steal any of ATT's code, would they?
"Theft"? Can you please post the legal basis for your
claim? I am not aware of any other form of intellectual property
where illicitly gaining access is "theft." This would be the first
that I've heard of such violations being directly covered by a criminal
law rather than a civil law in the United States.
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