From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c42dbf68f5320193 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-30 17:55:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Generation of permutations References: <5ee5b646.0204301457.52a492c3@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <11Hz8.4180$PE6.2467133575@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.202.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1020214461 ST000 67.112.202.119 (Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:54:21 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:54:21 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: OH\IRYOGTRUSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@BD]\YIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 00:54:21 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23306 Date: 2002-05-01T00:54:21+00:00 List-Id: > By copying this software without taking the trouble to check on the status, > the author of the above message is almost certainly committing a violation > of the author's copyright. Wes then by posting this package has also committed > a violation, and anyone copying this message will also be violating the > copyright. At $50,000 each, the statutory penalty for copyright violation, it > sounds like the author can get rich :-) Before Wes beats it to Rio, I'd note: "Registration with the United States Copyright Office is, however, required to bring a lawsuit to enforce your copyright." in The Software Developer's and Marketer's Legal Companion, c 1993. Also "Registered works may be eligible for statutory damages and attorney's fees in successful litigation." at http://www.copyright.gov/faq.html#q14 So there's hope that it wasn't put on Simtel 17 years ago in the hope Doug Bryan could grab some easy money. Maybe someone will e-mail all Simtel material authors suggesting they register, sue everyone who picks up the bait, and pay a finder's fee to the e-mailer, who will then get rich. ;)