Re: GREED (was Re: A request for permission to use copyrighted FAQ's)

Evelyn.Chimelis.Leeper@att.com
Thu, 17 Mar 1994 10:26:09 -0500

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> I note that any FAQ without a copyright notice prohibiting inclusion of
> the FAQ in another compilation has already defacto granted permission
> for re-use the moment it was posted. The prospective compilation authors
> have at least had the courtesy of asking FAQ maintainers for permission
> to use their work, even though in most cases it wasn't necessary to do so.

This is flat out simply not true, as I'm sure dozens of other people who
know anything about copyright will tell you. Copyright is not dependent
on an explicit statement of copyright in the work.

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