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From: nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: THE MEANING OF 'PUBLIC DOMAIN'...Lets define it!!!
Keywords: PD, FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE, LEGAL, COPYRIGHT, Amiga
Message-ID: <2324@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 20 Jul 90 12:13:27 GMT
References: <157@cbmcel.UUCP> <2333@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> <26034@usc.edu>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <26034@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
> >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.

> 
> Bogus, bogus, bogus.  PUBLIC DOMAIN has nothing to do with "payment required
> up front or not".
> 
> -- Marco

Yea, I really worded this wrong. -I- don't even agree with what I said. 
What I was trying to say was that the distribution was public regardless
of who retained ownership of software. I guess I got alittle off track.

The point I was trying to make with my posting was the other paragraph
which nobody has commented on. The orginal poster mentioned that he
thought this subject hadn't been discussed here before and to me it
seems like it has been beaten to death in the past. This new discussion
looks like it is going in the same direction also. Which might be 
partially my blame ... ;)

---Mike,


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