[plug] Fwd: Use of Open Source Software in Government

[Steve Grasso]

Yes, however the reproduction has now been athorised by the "intended 
recipient". So unless they put their own restrictions on the reproduction, I 
suppose it's in the public domain. Which also answers Clinton's point I think.

BTW Clinton, AFAIK PLUG is a registered legal entity, so I suppose that if 
"the law" was looking for someone to sue, the incorporated association would 
be it.

Regards,
Steve

On Monday 24 December 2001 10:55, Christian wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2001 at 09:06:24AM +0800, Steve Grasso wrote:
> > Why do you say that Christian? By my reading, Garry _was_ the intended
> > recipient, thus not precluded from reproducing the email. OTOH, if _I_
> > (not the intended recipient) reproduced it, perhaps I could be taken to
> > task. Of course, IANAL.
>
> You're right, I missed the second "not".  But I wonder what the actual
> law is for situations like this.  If an unintended recipient cannot
> reproduce it, why can the intended recipient?  After all, as soon as the
> intended recipient reproduces and distributes it, doesn't that mean that
> now it has been received by unintended recipients?