Re: Author's Rights

At 10:46 AM 4/17/96, Terry Carroll wrote:
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> And, of course, there's also the shrinkwrap license in Revelation
> 22:18-19, which prohibits preparation of derivative works.

Good! I love it!

Here, in a Fair Use if ever I knew of one, is the referenced text:

> Rev. 22:18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of
> this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the
> plagues described in this book;

> 19 if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
> God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the
> holy city, which are described in this book.

So there's the answer to enforcement of shrinkwrap licenses: make them self-executing.

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