Re: Scott Adams & Legalities


Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:10:26 -0500

On Mon, 13 Nov 95 11:45:21 MET, U249026@vm.uci.kun.nl (Branko Collin) wrote:
>The more popular meaning is anything that is freely distributable. When
>you are talking about the Public Domain scene, or about PD-libraries,
>you're using this meaning.

Not necessarily. There is a lot of software and code out there which
the author has given up all rights to. It's really public domain and I
consider anything else to be simply "freely distributable" and never
apply the words "public domain" to such software.

--
Carl (ravenpub@southwind.net)
* Ignoramus? I prefer the term "informationaly impaired"