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From: dce@mips.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v02i066:  umoria - single player dungeon simulation
Message-ID: <888@quacky.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Nov-87 12:12:57 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  8 12:12:57 1987
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Reply-To: dce@quacky.UUCP (David Elliott)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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Keywords: public domain copyright

The following is from the UMORIA documentation (moria.doc.1).

               Moria is intended for Public Domain, and may not be sold  or
          marketed  IN  ANY  FORM without the permission and written consent
          from the author Robert Alan Koeneke.  I retain all copyrights  to
          this  program,  in  either the original or modified forms, and no
          violation,  deletion,  or  change  of  the  copyright  notice  is
          allowed.   Furthermore,  I will have no liability or responsibility
          to any user with respect to loss or  damage  caused  directly  or
          indirectly by this program.

One of us is confused. I thought that by placing something in the Public
Domain, the author gave up any and all copyrights. Can anyone explain
this?

I don't intend to sell this item, but I would like to include it as
part of a "free" software tape if we decide to work on one for our
systems. I don't think I like the idea of having to spend time asking
every author of every program that comes out on the net if I can
use his/her program.
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David Elliott		dce@mips.com  or  {ames,decwrl,prls}!mips!dce