ownership, etc. (38)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Mon, 13 Mar 89 19:38:43 EST


Humanist Mailing List, Vol. 2, No. 715. Monday, 13 Mar 1989.


(1) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 10:25:08 GMT (12 lines)
From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@CM.SOTON.AC.UK>
Subject: Oxford Electronic Shakespeare, etc., cont. (84)

(2) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 16:12:00 EST (6 lines)
From: Martin Ryle <RYLE@URVAX.BITNET>
Subject: RE: software ownership (56)

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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 10:25:08 GMT
From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@CM.SOTON.AC.UK>
Subject: Oxford Electronic Shakespeare, etc., cont. (84)

people who fit this category. One such person, a graduate student in Bio-
chemistry, has been working on typing in entries from the Oxford English
Dictionary just so that he can get his etymology programs working. He has
been doing this in his spare time for the past year and a half.

isn't this illegal under copyright law?

Sebastian Rahtz
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 16:12:00 EST
From: Martin Ryle <RYLE@URVAX.BITNET>
Subject: RE: software ownership (56)

How long before Universities apply for listing on the NYSE and send out
quarterly reports?