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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>>From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-bounces@lists.opensource.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Christopher Sean Morrison via License-discuss<br>
<b>>>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 28, 2019 2:33 PM<br>
<b>>>To:</b> Christopher Sean Morrison via License-discuss <license-discuss@lists.opensource.org><br>
<b>>>Cc:</b> Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@mac.com><br>
<b>>>Subject:</b> Re: [License-discuss] Government licenses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">>></span>Gov’t regularly distributes software that otherwise has *no* Title 17 protections to foreign and domestic recipients, under contractual terms. I’m told these have held up in court, though I admit to
not having a citation handy. <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yeah, I found the idea that one could contractually restrict something that is in the public domain (or in the parlance of 17 USC 105, not subject to copyright)
odd. Here’s a more than decade old presentation that talks about that: </span>
<a href="http://www.archivists.org/conference/sanfrancisco2008/docs/session101-Frankel.pdf">http://www.archivists.org/conference/sanfrancisco2008/docs/session101-Frankel.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Maybe someone knows of better, newer, case law or scholarship on that point.
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