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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.legal
Subject: Is Public Domain subject to national boundaries?
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Date: Tue, 8-Apr-86 23:03:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  8 23:03:38 1986
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In article <377@drivax.UUCP>, holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes:
		  (RUMOR)
> >           2.  There exists a generic Z80 emulator (not 8080) in the
> >               public domain that allows 68000 machines to run CP/M-80
> >               programs and that this program is available for Ataris
> >               but is *so* generic that any 68000 based micro could
> >               run it.  This is not to be confused with the 8080
> >               emulator from recent Dr. Dobb's issues.
> The CP/M-Z80 emulator is not Public Domain in the United States, and is not
> generic enough to be run on any given 68K computer without modification.

I just couldn't let that one go by.  "Not public domain in the United States"?
Supposed I get a public domain copy in Germany and bring it here?
Does it cease to be public domain?  How can its US copyright be retained
when it is freely available to "the public"?
-- 
John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa
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