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From: che@pbhyf.UUCP (Mitch Che)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MEAN18 AUTHOR REPLIES TO POSTING:
Message-ID: <2963@pbhyf.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 88 17:25:00 GMT
References: <235400004@prism> <235400005@prism>
Reply-To: che@pbhyf.UUCP (823-2454-Mitch Che)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <235400005@prism> john@prism.TMC.COM writes:
>Oh, come on.  A copyright is a reliable indicator that a piece of software is 
>copyrighted, and that is all you need to know, if you are thinking about 
>copying it for public distribution.  Otherwise, what does a copyright notice 

What?  Copyright and public distribution have nothing to do with each other.
I can choose to distribute material that I have copyrighted in the public
domain.  I do not have to give up "copyrights" (so to speak) to place
something in the public domain.  If John is implying copyright has something
to do with being purchased in a store or by mail order (and not being
legally "copyable"), then there are a lot of authors of public domain
and shared software who want to talk with John, 'cause they ain't about
to give up their copyrights...
-- 
Mitch Che   Pacific Bell		 "Tape librarians will mount anything."
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