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Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive
- Subject: Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive
- From: pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)
- Date: 2000/09/21
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening (SAAF)
- References: <8q6dgs$tng$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39c911a0$1@hal.grnco.net> <8qb95a$kl0$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <ilgy5.1423$wn2.113470@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>
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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