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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: <None>
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.040416.2974@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 04:04:16 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.190046.12361@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey) writes:
>wieckows@cs.umn.edu (Zbigniew Wieckowski) writes:
>>   Copyright is granted after you send $1 (one dollar) to:
>>   Zbigniew Wieckowski
>What exactly will my $1.00 get me?  The right to make copies of your program?

No.  If you send him $1.00, then someone (who?) will grant copyright on
the program.  If you don't send him $1.00, then there is no copyright and
the program is in the public domain.
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.