Compulsory checkin clauses.

[David Johnson]

On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Ross N. Williams wrote:

> >Yes, if they publish them. Authors have the right to control the
> >publication of their work or its derivative. But they don't normally
> >have the right to compell that publication.
> 
> Yes, but remember, we're talking about modifications to a work, not
> a new work.

Normally, private modifications are not in the purview of the original
author. But publication and distribution of them is.

> >It's obvious that Mr. Stallman and I disagree
> 
> You must REALLY disagree if you're calling him "Mr. Stallman". :-)

Sometimes I get tired of typing "RMS", but I don't know him well enough
to call him Richard.

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David Johnson
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