Talk:Protein structure

The original text for this article was taken from: http://www-structure.llnl.gov/Xray/tutorial/protein_structure.htm and claimed as "public domain". However on the Disclaimer linked from this page: http://www.llnl.gov/disclaimer.html it says:

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It thus not clear that these pages can be used under public domain provisions, although the DOE (which funds LLNL) being a US govt. agency should, in theory, be covered under the blanket no-copyright rule for all federal US agencies. It concerns me that they have the statement: "or allow [...] for U.S. Government purposes". Perhaps they are more worried about the copyright status of text they didn't author. If a copyright-wonk could clarify this for us, it would be useful. Thanks. --Lexor|Talk 02:24, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)