Re: Actual case of hoarding public domain code?

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From: Dave Sill
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 20:47

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In article <129245@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, rfm@urth (Rich McAllister) writes:
> Does anyone know of a case where this actually happened?

Didn't James Gosling release his UNIX Emacs into the public domain and
then recall it when he found out he could sell it?  (Is it possible to
hoard one's own public domain code? :-)

Dave Sill (dsill@relay.nswc.navy.mil)

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