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Article #1478Re: Why do people want PD software?
From: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:09
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:09
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bws@ccs.carleton.ca (Brian Sullivan) writes:
> P.S.
> While we are at it does, anyone know of any PD multi user games for
> DOS. I'm thinking of something like conquest on UNIX. While it is PD on
> UNIX, the author will not permit ports to DOS (Sigh ...)
That's self-contradictory. If the software has been placed in the
public domain (the traditional meaning of PD), then the author has given
up any rights of control. If the author retains copyright, such that he
can control derivitave works (like a port to DOS), then the software is
not in the public domain. Intellectual property is not limited by
hardware platform.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software? Message-ID: <9LywPB1w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 10:09:19 CDT References: <bws.14@ccs.carleton.ca> Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 17