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Subject: Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive
From: Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net>
Date: 2000/10/01
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Amalgamated Karma
References: <8q6dgs$tng$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <st8cv8p5jdkv98@corp.supernews.com> <8r1p9v$g5o$1@merope.saaf.se> <7c0btsc6l5ulrsqdk3cv25f8r7r0fr3jhk@news.newsguy.com> <8r4v2f$5e2$1@merope.saaf.se> <stchaaivelgmcd@corp.supernews.com>
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"Arkain" <rwking@usa.nospam.net> wrote:

> The copyright called GPL goes 1 step further [...]
> The GPL enforces public domain status.

These are mutually exclusive. Something cannot be under copyright
and in the public domain at the same time. As GPLed software is
under copyright, it is not in the public domain.

Unlike the word "freeware", the terms "copyright" and "public domain"
have a precise legal meaning. Don't use them loosely.

Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net

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