Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

["Arkain" <rwking@usa.nospam.net>]

Yes. Remember that freeware is simply software that has a public
distribution policy(i.e. anyone can distribute without paying the author).
The copyright called GPL goes 1 step further and uses "the public" as it's
copyright holding entity. This way all materials under the GPL are always
free to use as literally everybody owns it. The GPL enforces public domain
status.

Arkain

"Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
news:8r4v2f$5e2$1@merope.saaf.se...
> In article <7c0btsc6l5ulrsqdk3cv25f8r7r0fr3jhk@news.newsguy.com>,
> Paul Guertin  <pg@sff.net> wrote:
> >pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> >
> >> > My point was that "uncopyrighted freeware" **IS** public domain
software.
> >> > It's not even possible to acquire a copyright for such software.
> >>
> >> However you can later release an enhanced version, and have those
> >> enhancements copyrighted.
> >
> >And preventing people from doing that is part of what the GPL (GNU
> >Public License) is about. Loosely speaking, code that uses GPLed
> >software automatically becomes GPLed itself.
>
> Is GPLed software "freeware"?  I'm asking since GPLed software isn't
> copyrighted but copylefted......  :-)))))
>
>
>
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