Re: can I copyleft public domain code I modify?

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From: Arthur D. Jerijian
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 03:53

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Marty Leisner 25733 (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) wrote:
> Can I copyleft a changed version of public domain code?

> I suppose the original version is public domain, and the 
> changed version is copylefted...

  GNU Tar is a GNU Public Licensed version of a public domain tar that was
written a while ago.  So, I would assume that you can do what you asked.

> -- 
> marty
> leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com  
> Member of the League for Programming Freedom (see http://www.lpf.org/)
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