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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:29:12 -0700
From:      Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPL for govt funded/developed projects ?
Message-ID:  <20010608232912.A19629@sharmas.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106090036500.17565-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@tumbolia.com on Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:40:36AM -0500
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010608223046.00b6f6e0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106090036500.17565-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>

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On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:40:36AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
> 
> The law says no such thing about works produced under contract for the US
> government.  Stuff produced *directly* by the US federal government or its
> employees is public domain, stuff produced *for* the US government need not
> be.  That's a huge, very important, and widely misunderstood difference.

I'd appreciate any pointers to good reading material on the topic.
Specifically, what prevents a researcher from selling the work to
Microsoft for a fee ?

	-Arun

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