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From: seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD for profit (was Re: Atari ST software for sale)
Message-ID: <22444@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 91 23:32:39 GMT
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In article <WOLF.91Jan30154616@fb14vax.sbsvax.uucp> wolf@fb14vax.sbsvax.uucp (Wolfgang Huwig) writes:
>Moreover, I think real PD software hardly exists. Most authors
>keep the copyright or declare their programs as 'freeware' or even 
>'shareware'. Btw., does naming them so carry any legal force (without
>mentioning the copyright)? 

Nope.  The copyright must me explicitly mentioned.  "Freeware" and "shareware" 
have no legal meaning.
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					Matthew Seitz
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