Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU (01/18/90)
To Andy (and others),
If your lawyer told you that you would lose your copyright for posting
Shrinkit, then it's time to get a new lawyer. Distribution is an
exclusive right of the copyright claimant unless ceded by assignment or
contract. As an example, the various airport cults distribute
thousands of pamphlets daily. Yet, they do not yield their copyrights.
Placing a program in the public domain is a conscious act. It cannot
be completed merely by publication.
Any lawyer who gave this advice is probably a technophobe and should
certainly do minimal research to update his/her understanding of
current trends in software copyright.
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Todd A. Bakal I believe in the Cubs,
U of M Apple User's Group Bo's national championship
Ann Arbor, Michigan chances, and my Apple ][gs.
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