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Article #34951Re: GEM for Sozobon C
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Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 15:12
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 15:12
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>The readme file in the archive includes a note from the author, Don E.
>Farmer, 16810 Deer Creek Drive, Spring, Texas 77379 to the effect that he
>wrote the libraries for Alcyon C users as a shareware project, but found
>no takers, so he was releasing them as "public domain" but retaining the
>copyright. (That's a contradiction, but I suppose he means "you can pass
>this around and use it as you see fit.")
I've heard a term called "FREEWARE" that refers to zero cost - copyrighted
programs. I infers the no-cost status of the software, without the author
lossing the ownership of it that "public domain" implies.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!mcnc!rti!sunpix!matthew From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: GEM for Sozobon C Message-ID: <260@greens.UUCP> Date: 9 Nov 88 15:12:49 GMT References: <651@stag.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 16