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From: "Thumper!" <thumper@vfr.interceptor.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 02:19:24 -0700
Organization: Interceptor Systems
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Peter Berger wrote:
>
> "Thumper!" <thumper@vfr.interceptor.com> writes:
> > Consider this: a screenwirter writes a movie. Someone else takes his script,
> > reads the scripts, makes changes, and produces the movie. Is the screenwriter
> > entitled to anything?
>
> Only if the person who read the script copied the screenwriter's
> expression, as opposed to his ideas.
Ellison v. Lightstorm Entertainment, 1984.
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