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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: MicroBSD has Shut Down
From:       Richard Welty <rwelty () averillpark ! net>
Date:       2003-02-21 21:58:12
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On 21 Feb 2003 13:38:54 -0800 Peter <pfak@telus.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 13:31, Eric wrote:
> > This thread is getting old; clearly there are those that
> > understand copyright law and those that do not. For those that do
> > not, I suggest reading the pertinent sections of United States
> > Code to gain insight. If you're talking about international
> > copyright law, there are plenty of pointers on Google.
 
> Yeah, we're talking about international copyright laws as MicroBSD is
> based out of the United States, and OpenBSD is based out of Canada.. So
> which law's would apply?

the US is party to international treaties, and so the prior copyright
(that is, the OpenBSD copyright) would be honored in the US.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@averillpark.net
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
              Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security

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