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fluencj ogist din g hertorij ecology ens itive tod en women) ; ’eld in recently t r tended to irus contriln 3 t a reprodi 'omen, anil kely to be! the best tv aid Bickell srael antinued from Page 1 icluding 27 Hamas operatives, at Rabin’s new authorization irs more senior military lead er a security ial said. |he securi- services 5»e “carte liche” to Isue want- eople, said ■ official, it, he added, y officials ■aw the line Issassinat- g political Rabin pers of Hamas who are not idly involved in violence. E®®™!Mahmoud Zahar, a Gaza, °i'k Mate H-p kysidan and a senior Hamas lolitical leader, criticized Ra- Ttantly, Bii R proof tbai. e a different;; lent. When 1 to a hystert,, >rs immeiiiti ' ratings ofi ie operations r gynecolofis ir opinions! me rate rep; ■x. nd to be bn« ited States iliL doctor to be U § fu °l bin’s decision: “Is this going to solve the problem? Of course not. But it’s going to increase the recent crisis and the area is going to enter a cycle of blood shed and no one has immunity against that.” Graffiti signed by Islamic mil itants was scribbled throughout Gaza City on Sunday promising more bombings, and Israeli troops shot dead an Arab after he stabbed a soldier in the West Bank town of Hebron. The army said the man was a Hamas member released from prison six weeks ago after sign ing a statement disavowing vio lence. Palestinian residents of the city, however, said Nidal Tamimi belonged to PLO leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction. Hebron’s Fatah faction angri ly condemned the death and dis tributed a leaflet warning it would step up confrontations with Israeli soldiers in the city. |lean Up tinued from Page 1 nnel near the San Jacinto’s mouth. Five U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessels scanned the chan nel and a portion of Galveston Bay with radar and metal detectors [or cars, mobile homes or other large obstructions possibly carried Ihire by floodwater. JA leading theory about the pipeline breaks, near where the San Jacinto empties into the channel, is that flood debris crashed into d dutifully e Joseph ity of Califor fhis verifies! know patie re involved, ri y heed to ik y, doctors si for painfii are ncnea: 1 "owths, wasii 1 women of brown floodwater carried tons of sediment that has settled | the 40-foot-deep ship channel, reducing the depth in some places to 30 feet. But the runoff isn’t expected to affect shipping once the chan- is reopened. |Ford said he wouldn’t be surprised if all of about 25 petroleum elines running beneath the San Jacinto sustained structural dam- in the floods. All lines in the area known as “The Spaghetti Bowl” were shut n after two Colonial Pipeline Co. lines carrying gasoline and diesel fel exploded. A Texaco Inc. crude line and a Valero Energy Corp. nat- Jal gas line were later determined to have broken about the same tuc. Officials on Saturday believed a fifth line had broken, but on n they saidi F da y sa ' c l they weren’t sure, s “equivoa ig happenec:; ids andcenia all cell chai hat can i sease, ?ren| found hystere y often not!t?| dp Continued from Page 1 Powell’s “dp” that week de picted two coaches crossing out another year A&M wouldn’t win the conference, A&M’s president asking if it wasn’t too late to cancel the expan sion of Kyle Field and people’s hands reaching for Bellard. In the center of the strip, dp sat with a chart, mapping out how A&M could still win the con ference. “It ran on Monday,” Powell said. “The next day Bellard resigned. I was called up on the carpet, but I had no inten tion of putting down the "If I could do just one thing, it would be to draw cartoons." — Donald Powell, creator of dp team. The point was, even with all that controversy, we can still make it.” The next Friday, Powell ran “dp” sideways with the words, “There’s more than one way to look at a cartoon.” Powell said he has a won derful time drawing dp and friends, but the cartoon will have to stop one day. “If I could do just one thing, it would be to draw cartoons,” Powell said, “I’d like to spend more time at it because some take days to do. “I’m not sure I can make all the games in the Big 12, though. Most people consider dp a student. I guess dp has gone to school here 17 years Maybe he needs to graduate.” verm doctorLj finally ritic Dr. advocacy “If s, 'Have hop for a said. “You! iff all the A weekly column dedicated to computing at Texas A&M The legal and ethical use of software lion editor ’hoto editor arts editor 'ife editor unie Dube, Ann* 8 3 ri Whitley 'iffany Moore,S*! ■on, Blake Stavinoha ewart Doreen Henderson, En»h | Nasr, Elizabeth'* 1 lleson ng the fall an ( h j University bnhjn e Station, TX?*’j Building, Texas* 1 " University''' 11 * ,rial offices f" l | phone numl* 11 ' 1 ■ mentbyTheSfj ed advertising f eBa.m.loSP'" 1 rand$50P« r H ockete Software piracy, the illegal copying of software, is a hot—and often confusing—topic in the computer industry these days. Many people don’t realize that the illegal copying of software is a felony punishable by fines up to $100,000 per copyright infringement. The following questions and answers might clear up a few issues for you. What do I need to know about software and the U.S. Copyright Act? It’s really very simple. The Copyright Law recognizes that all intellectual works (programs, data, pictures, articles, books, etc.) are automatically covered by copyright unless it is explicitly noted to the contrary. The owner of a copyright holds the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute his or her work. For software this means it is illegal to copy or distribute software, or its documentation, without the permission of the copyright holder. If you have a legal copy of software, you are allowed to make a single archival copy of the software for backup purposes. This copy can only be used if the original software is destroyed or fails to work. When the original is given away, the backup copy must also be given with the original or destroyed. If software is not copy-protected, do / have the right to copy it? Lack of copy-protection does NOT constitute permission to copy software without authorization of the software copyright owner. “Non-copy- protected” software enables you to make a backup copy. In offering non-copy-protected software to you, the developer or publisher has demonstrated significant trust in your integrity. May I copy software that is available through facilities on my campus, so I can use it more conveniently in my own office or room? Software acquired by colleges and universities is usually covered by licenses. The licenses should clearly state how and where the software may be legally used by members of the relevant campus communities (faculty, staff and students). Such licenses cover software installed on stand-alone or networked systems, in private offices and rooms, and in public clusters and laboratories. Some institutional licenses permit copying for certain purposes. The license may limit copying, as well. Consult your campus authorities if you are unsure about the permissible use of a software product. May I loan software? The 1990 modification to the Copyright Law makes it illegal to “loan, lease or rent software” for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage without the specific permission of the copyright holder. Non-profit educational institutions are exempted from the 1990 modification, so institutional software may be loaned. Some licenses may restrict the use of a copy to a specific machine, even if you own more than the one system. In general, licenses do not allow you to install the software on more than a single machine, or to run the software simultaneously on two or more machines. Isn’t it legally <{ fair use” to copy software if the purpose in sharing it is purely educational? Historically, the Copyright Law was modified to permit certain educational uses of copyrighted materials without the usual copyright restrictions. However, “fair use” of computer software is still a cloudy issue. The “fair use” amendments to the Copyright Law are intended to allow educational use of legally protected products, but it is limited (for paper-based products) to small portions of full works. For most software it is clearly illegal to make and distribute unauthorized, fully-functional copies to class members for their individual use. Making copies of a small section of code from a program in order to illustrate a programming technique might not be a violation. The best alternative is to clear any such use with the copyright owner or consult the appropriate authorities at your institution. For more information For more information about software piracy, consult the Fall 1993 issue of Computing News. Check a CIS Help Desk for copies or access the articles on-line through Gopher. A brochure entitled “Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community” is also available. Send requests to compdoc@tamu.edu or call David Lawrence at 845-9325.# The information in this article was taken from "Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community," a brochure produced as a service to the educational community byt he Educational Uses of Information Technology Program of EDUCOM and the Information Technology Association of America. Computing Toolbox is published by Computing and Information Services (CIS) at Texas A&M University. Please send comments, topic suggestions, and questions for the Computing Wizard to SUGGEST@TAMU.EDU or call 845-9325. 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