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From: johnm@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MEAN18 AUTHOR REPLIES TO POSTING:
Message-ID: <227000002@trsvax>
Date: 16 Mar 88 13:52:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!johnm    Mar 16 07:52:00 1988


What I thought was amusing was the assumption that a copyright notice would let
us know that the program wasn't PD.  He should look around at the number of
shareware and PD programs that have copyright notices on them, many authors 
defend the rights to their work but still give the work itself away.

He also assumes that just "everybody" has heard of his Mean18 program.  Sorry
to disappoint you pal, but I had never heard of it and didn't even bother to
grab a copy from the net when I thought it was PD.  The poster could have 
very well been ignorant of your programs commercial status.

I for one can believe that this was an honest mistake, let's let this subject
die and just see to it that it doesn't happen again (like by getting a 
moderator).