Re: Public Domain S/W

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 05:15

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In article <1991May5.063559.20481@jack.sns.com> james@jack.sns.com writes:
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>Does anyone have answers for those questions below?
Only the legal ones, though I'm no lawyer, so take all answers with 1 ton
NaCl.

>Is it ethical selling PD software?
>Is it legal selling PD software?
It is legal.

>Is it ethical selling service of PD software?
>Is it legal selling service of PD software?
Yep, it is legal
>
>Is it legal to sell a revised version of a PD software(99.99% original)?
Yep
>Is it legal to sell a revised version of a PD software(1% - 99% original)?
Yep
>Is it legal to sell a revised version of a PD software(0.01% original)?
Yep.  Though copyrighting this revised version probably won't be possible
in this case.
--
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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