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Re: Free Pine?



On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 07:00:50PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> Their "logic" here is that when "this software" is copied, or distributed,
> it remains "this software" but that when it's modified, it is no longer
> "this software".

Okay, fine.  They hold copyright on "this software".  They don't hold
copyright on something that isn't "this software".  Modified versions are
public domain.

Let's just yank the package.  UWash is obviously more interested in having
French Deconstructionists interpret their licenses for them than software
development.

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