trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) (11/17/88)
In article <4770@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >In article <5432@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) >writes: >>Publishing the code is not illegal in any way... > >I suspect it is. The worm code is an unpublished work, and Robert >Morris is the copyright owner. One does not need to include a >copyright statement to preserve ownership of an unpublished work. I think Morris has to actually claim copyrights on this material in some manner, even if it is just having a listing notorized or prepending "the poor man's copyright" (a "copyright" comment at the top of the module). Anyone with more expertise on this matter care to comment? Anyway, I suspect no one else would wish to claim prior creation of this code. :-) I doubt if Robert Morris will have any problems protecting his work on that regard. Anyone know if releasing the worm source code files (the ones that came over as *.c files) is tatamount to releasing them into the public domain? The object files? [1/2 :-)] This really belongs in misc.legal... ============================================================================== ARPA: trn%warper@aplvax.jhuapl.edu OR nardo%str.decnet@capsrv.jhuapl.edu BITNET: trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (also for smart Internet mailers) UUCP: {backbone!}mimsy!aplcomm!warper!trn 50% of my opinions are claimed by various federal, state and local governments. The other 50% are mine to dispense with as I see fit. ==============================================================================
brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian Onn) (11/17/88)
In article <5432@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) writes: >... By the same token, selling a gun doesn't make the store >owner an accessory so long as s/he follows all applicable laws in the >sale. Interesting that this isn't so yet, considering that many drinking establishments are thinking twice about pouring that next drink. The owners can often be held accountable for any injuries/deaths that the patron might have caused when he/she leaves the place. I would expect that the same lines of thinking should be applied to the sale of guns, too. Follow-ups have been re-directed to misc.legal. Brian. -- +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | Brian Onn | UUCP:..!{uunet!mnetor, watmath!utai}!lsuc!ncrcan!brian | | NCR Canada Ltd. | INTERNET: Brian.Onn@Toronto.NCR.COM | +-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+