Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!sri-spam!rutgers!bellcore!wind!tr From: tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: No, Berkeley's uudecode is not copyrighted. Message-ID: <3312@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 08:07:53 EST Article-I.D.: bellcore.3312 Posted: Thu Oct 29 08:07:53 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 07:42:45 EST References: <3249@bellcore.bellcore.com> <3320064@hpsrlc.HP.COM> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: tr@wind.UUCP (tom reingold) Organization: Bellcore, Morristown, Noo Joizy Lines: 32 Summary: it's Kosher. In article <3320064@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes: >In comp.sys.ibm.pc, tr@wind.bellcore.com (that's me) writes: >> static char sccsid[] = "@(#)uudecode.c 5.1 (Berkeley) 7/2/83"; > ^^^^^^^^ > Is this kosher? Doesn't Berkeley have a copyright on their code? > > [ ... ] No, these programs are distributed on the public domain tape you can get with BSD. There is a note saying, in effect, do what you want with this software; we want as many people as possible to have it. An sccs id is not a copyright. It just states whatever you want, in this case, where and when it was written. f i l l e r j u n k ! Tom Reingold INTERNET: tr@bellcore.bellcore.com Bell Communications Research UUCP: !bellcore!tr 435 South St room 2L350 SOUNDNET: (201) 829-5119 [work] Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 287-2345 [home]