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From: glennl@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Glenn M. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Legal Ramifications for Releasing Public Domain Software
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Date: 7 Aug 88 18:01:55 GMT
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	First of all, please respond only via E-Mail, since this may not
even been the group I should have posted to.  I will summarize if necessary.

	I have written (and am continuing to write) a game for the Amiga.
I plan on releasing it into the public domain for the enjoyment of others.
The only problem is that the game is a (hopefully) very close duplication
of the arcade game "Centipede", which is Copyright 1980 by Atari Games.

	You can already see my question:  Am I going to be sued for copying
the game in its entirety?  I know that Space Invaders was written for the
Amiga and placed in the Public Domain, but under a different name.  Is this
all I have to do?

	Thank you for your E-Mail responses.

							-- Glenn Lewis

glennl@vlsi.caltech.edu