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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: PD or Shareware Copyrights
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Date: 23 Jun 89 17:30:51 GMT
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In article <SHADOW.89Jun22164310@daniel.pawl.rpi.edu> shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) writes:
>In article <18280@louie.udel.EDU> new@udel.EDU (Darren New) writes:
>>If you say Public Domain then anyone can do anything they like with
>>it.
>This means ANYTHING, folks...  like adding a COMMENT "Copyright 1989
>Sid Sleaze" which they can then legally enforce. 

Actually, since a copyright has to be applied to "a work of original
authorship" I don't think that this is correct.  However, it is possible
to (say) Amiga-ize something PD like EMACS and then copyright the
derivative work.

>>In other words, saying "This is Public Domain except that you can't
>>sell it for money" is oxymoronic.
>Just plain moronic.
>Deven

How about "uninformed"?   Not everyone that is uninformed is moronic...
				   -- Darren