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Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

Do you have frizzy hair? You seem to enjoy splitting them.

"Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
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> In article <ilgy5.1423$wn2.113470@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
> 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.
>
> 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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