On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:16:34 +0100, John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Winfield Hill
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The crux is whether indeed Agilent have been habitually refusing, or
will refuse, to supply. The letter by itself is unobjectionable; someone
else should not be selling (or even providing free) a copyrighted work.

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old instruments, no longer manufactured, which in many cases are
not replaced by newer instruments performing the same function.

All the above is totally pertinent IFFI Agilent refuse to supply.

In other words, they could write Agilent and ask, "May we have permission
to offer these manuals on our site, as long as we give credit?"

Cheers!
Rich