[DMCA-Activists] Re: [DMCA_Discuss] Re: Boaters lost in marine chart fight

[Seth Johnson]

Simon Drabble wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
> > Would someone like to write to the head of the Canadian Hydrographic
> > Service, and suggest releasing these digital maps under the GNU GPL?
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> If they've sold them to a private firm they no longer hold any rights to do
> such a thing, I would imagine.
> 
> Of course, that raises the question what they were doing selling public
> property to a private concern in the first place.



But hey, black is white and white is black, so . . .


Seth


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