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From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GEM for Sozobon C
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Date: 9 Nov 88 15:12:49 GMT
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>The readme file in the archive includes a note from the author, Don E.
>Farmer, 16810 Deer Creek Drive, Spring, Texas 77379 to the effect that he
>wrote the libraries for Alcyon C users as a shareware project, but found
>no takers, so he was releasing them as "public domain" but retaining the
>copyright. (That's a contradiction, but I suppose he means "you can pass
>this around and use it as you see fit.")

I've heard a term called "FREEWARE" that refers to zero cost - copyrighted
programs. I infers the no-cost status of the software, without the author
lossing the ownership of it that "public domain" implies.
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