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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Beginner
Date: 1999/12/23
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In article
<86r9ggngum.fsf@ppp-170-129.villette.club-internet.fr>,
  Laurent Guerby <guerby@acm.org> wrote:
> Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > If the derived version he is publishing DOES include the
> > above copyright notice, then the license to copy the ENTIRE
> > document is preserved.
>
> The derived version does include the original notice,
> and then:


The original notice clearly gives permission to copy. it is
intended to do just that, and it can be interpreted in no
other manner. Any other text must simply be considered as
part of the document that is permitted to be copied.

Obviously we cannot force Intermetrics or the US Govt to
protect their rights and demand a clarification of what
is going on here, but the situation is in fact clear enough!


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