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From: Gene Stark <gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu>
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To: fw.ast.com!uhclem%nemesis@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu (Frank Durda IV)
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Subject: Re: conf.c and USL copyright at top
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>According to the lawyers at two major corporations I have worked at,
>if you have changed more than 12% of the functional code, it's yours.
>(Changing variable names and comments don't count.)

"It's yours" just means you can add your own copyright to it,
not delete the original one, right?

I have trouble believing that simply by changing 12% of something,
you erase its status as a "derived work" and then can delete the original
copyright.
							- Gene Stark