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From: utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: THE MEANING OF 'PUBLIC DOMAIN'...Lets define it!!!
Keywords: PD, FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE, LEGAL, COPYRIGHT, Amiga
Message-ID: <1990Jul19.142119.7485@uncecs.edu>
Date: 19 Jul 90 14:21:19 GMT
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In article <2333@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg) writes:
>As far as I am concerned, Public Domain software is that which is released by
>the author without payment required up front. This includes freely distributed,
>shareware, and other forms of publicly distributed software. This is only the
>way I see it, others see it differently.

Yup.  Others do see it differently.  Lawyers for example.   And the
courts.  But you are free to hold a view of things which does not
agree with the facts.  It won't be much of a defence in court, though.

--Todd