*********Re: Manual 16c

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Nov 4 17:03:20 2003

At 01:36 PM 11/4/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Joe Rigdon and I wrote:
>>>> I don't know if they're exactly public domain but HP has given their
>>>> permission for peeople to copy them and sell copies and PDF copies.
>>> HP hasn't given "people" permission to do that. They gave Dave Hicks
>>> permission to do it.
>> I believe that they gave blanket permission for anyone to do that.
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>Got any idea where/when that happened?

  No, not exactly but that's what I was told at one the HP calculator
conferences a couple of years ago. I think it was Richard Nelson that told
me that.

 From personal correspondence
>with Dave Hicks, I know that he specifically requested and received
>permission, but I have not heard of anyone else doing so, nor of any
>blanket permission. If they have in fact done that, it would be quite
>useful, but it doesn't seem like something that HP's lawyers would be
>likely to do.

  Why not? If they're going to let Dave copy and sell CDs then why not let
everyone do it?

   Joe


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