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- From: rkushner@sycom.mi.org (Ronald Kushner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Public domain (was Re: C-NET)
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- Message-ID: <rkushner.3xs7@sycom.mi.org>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 21:04:25 EST
- Organization: Michigan Information eXchange
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- >I've
- >never seen Steve Drew's code, but if there's a copyright notice in there,
- >then it is definitely NOT public domain, and anyone who uses that code
- >without Steve's permission is doing so illegally, and is leaving
- >themselves open to a potential lawsuit. But only if Steve decides
- >to enforce his copyright.
-
- Well, according to the people I talk to, a large majority of the original
- C-Net owners bought the program for the online shell. It seems that Mr. Drew
- might be entitled to a part of the $60,000 he grossed on C-Net Amiga 1.0 -
- 2.18.
-
- (I noticed the second release of C-Net still has the copyright message in the
- aux-handler but recent releases have the copyright message removed)
-
-