On 19 Aug 1998 john@dhh.gt.org wrote: > I think we can safely treat the US Government stuff that carries no > copyright as if it was free. U.S. Government works indeed are not protected by U.S. copyright, but the Copyright Office does recommend including a notice to identify such works, especially in the case of derivative works that include Governmental material. For details, see: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#piu