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jccalhoun on Dec 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Al Lowe reveals his Sierra source code collection

I think a better comparison would be owning the original manuscript. I might own the original manuscript to The Hobbit but that doesn't mean I can publish it.

code_duck on Dec 1, 2018 [–]

Correct, you couldn’t copy it and re-distribute, but you could sell your original copy.

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