Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
>
> > Freeware and shareware are not public domain.
>
> Shareware is not PD of course.  But you cannot generally claim
> "Freeware is not public domain", because some freeware is PD.

PD means there isn't a copyright. "Freeware" is a term used to refer to
copyrighted software, when the copyright holder has given permission to
unlimited copying, but still wishes to protect their rights to the
algorithyms. So, your statement that "some freeware is PD" is technically
false, though for the purposes of just copying and using the software,
there doesn't seem to be any practical difference.

Roy

>
>
> In particular, all public domain stuff has to be freeware, since if it
> isn't, you would have to pay to use it legally, and then it couldn't
> be public domain since restrictions on its use would then be imposed.
>
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