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From: garym@telesoft.UUCP (Gary Morris @shine)
Newsgroups: net.sources.mac
Subject: Re: Public Domain Pong Game
Message-ID: <206@telesoft.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 00:04:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: telesoft.206
Posted: Fri Oct 18 00:04:33 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 20-Oct-85 08:01:14 EDT
References: <8510080737.AA26809@ucbkim> <323@tekig4.UUCP>
Reply-To: garym@telesoft.UUCP (Gary Morris @shine)
Organization: TeleSoft, SanDiego CA
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Keywords: copyrights public domain
Summary: copyright is valid

In article <323@tekig4.UUCP> briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes:
>> Here is an implementation of the game of pong.  I got it from a local
>> Mac bulletin board.  It apparently is in the public domain--there is
>> no notice to this effect, but there is absolutely no copyright notice
>> or "About Pong" message under the apple menu.
>
>Be aware that the "PONG" resource (# 0) bears the message:
>
>	"!Copyright 1985, David L. O'Connor"
>
>I doubt this is a legally binding copyright notice, but that isn't the point.
>I'd hesitate to call this "public domain."

I can't find anything invalid in that copyright.  To be a legal copyright
it must contain the word "Copyright" OR a C with a circle around it (a real
circle, parenthesis don't count), it must have the year of release and the
owners name (company or individual).  This copyright meets all these
requirements.  
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