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Subject:Recycling used text From:Garret Romaine <garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:38:35 -0800
> Joyce wrote:
>
> Use it. Quit agonizing over it.
> Logic must prevail at some point.
>
> Which reminds me of the graffiti I saw on the University of Oregon campus
> one spring day in the '70's:
>
> "Legalize Plagiarism"
>
What also comes to mind is the concept we've discussed here before: that
there's no greater urge than the urge to mark up someone else's copy. Maybe
that text you discovered is good, but it can probably still be tweaked.
> Garret Romaine
> Tektronix, Inc.
> garret -dot- h -dot- romaine -at- tek -dot- com
