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Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 12:01:25 -0600
To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
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Subject: Re: GPL for govt funded/developed projects ?
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At 11:51 AM 6/9/2001, David Scheidt wrote:

>Well, no.  17 USC 105 :
>
>Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of
>the United States Government, but the United States Government is not
>precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by
>assignment, bequest, or otherwise.

That's just it. The rights are not assigned. They are the Government's
ab initio, because the work was done for hire at the start.

--Brett


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