Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <stfprld8qsmv1b@corp.supernews.com>,
Arkain <rwking@usa.nospam.net> wrote:
 
> "Paul Guertin" <pg@sff.net> wrote in message
> 7gaets027tj23q8966ruiblm140cbtm13g@news.newsguy.com">news:7gaets027tj23q8966ruiblm140cbtm13g@news.newsguy.com...
> 
>> Unlike the word "freeware", the terms "copyright" and "public domain"
>> have a precise legal meaning. Don't use them loosely.
> 
> I've kept the meaning of the terms in tact... mostly. If you consider the
> "copyleft" something that's not a copyright (as the FSF does) then GPL works
> are indeed PD since they don't have a copyright in that sense.
 
But even if you don't think copyleft is a copyright, a copyleft still
imposes restrictions on how the work may be used.  Therefore it's not PD,
since PD means no restrictions whatsoever.
 
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