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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Re: C-NET
- Message-ID: <65158@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 20:02:25 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <8339@orbit.cts.com>
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- >>PD code is still Copywritten. Copywritten code is protected for the basic
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - Ever hear of copywrites to PD music? No?
- That's because the two do not exist together. It must be one or the other.
-
- >>principle of someone else cannot sell it. People that produce PD code are a
- >>good asset to the Amiga community, they share there knowledge openly with
- >>others, this code is STILL copywritten, this is the what copyright office say
- s
-
- Buzz. You lose. Public Domain mean just that, in the public's domain. No
- one has right to it any longer - even the coder. The right's have been
- given to the public. "Do with it as you like." Period. Even sell it -- if
- people are dumb enough to pay for it. That's their fault. Just like ash
- from Mt. Saint Helens.
-
- True, PD writers are a GREAT asset, but even they will tell you that PD
- means "all rights relinquished."
-
- "Freely distributable" material that is copy righted is what you are
- refering to. They still retain rights, but distribute freely. (Hmm, those
- phrases sure do describe what they mean, don't they.) This is the best way
- to widely distribute but keep posession.
-
- Please, don't read this as being hostile to developers (heck, I do some
- myself), just a clarification of some over zealous thinking. Maybe Public
- Domain/Shareware/Freely Dist./Copyright info should go into a FAQ file
- somewhere.
-
- -Joel
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- / Joel E. Swan....Pres./...Media Specialties, Ltd., Oak Forest, IL.USA /
- / & Senior Producer..../...Moody Broadcasting Network, Chicago, IL. USA /
- / Portal ID: joeles..../...joeles@cup.portal.com /
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