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ACM's Copyright Policy

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Ronald F. Boisvert, Jack W. Davidson

October 1, 2011

Addressing the needs of authors, readers, and the Association.

I'm afraid I still don't really understand why copyright transfer is required, rather than grant of a permissive license to ACM.

This blog post on a practical result from ACM's policy is well worth reading: http://r6.ca/blog/20110930T012533Z.html

— Ganesh Sittampalam, September 30, 2011

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