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Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive
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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