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In article <NELSON.89Oct16205843@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu writes:
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>The problem with public domain code is this: If I want my code to be
>and remain freely available, I can't put it in the public domain.  If
>I do, someone can take my code and mix it with theirs.  My code effectively
>becomes theirs.  This is not acceptable to me.

It is to me. In fact, I would like anyone to do *exactly* that. The
original PD code is, as always, Public Domain, and cannot be made to be
otherwise. It is available to *anybody*, scum and good-folk alike.  In
fact, the whole misinformation bit about PD stuff is quite tiring.
Copyrights do expire, and an enormous body of human creation (literature,
music, computer software, art-work, you name it) is effectively PD.

If you want an intriguing example of how PDness benefit music, for example,
check out Jamaican Reggae industry, and ask about Gregory Isaacs, and
the "Rumours" beat. Than think about software again.

oz
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