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Article #63365Re: can I copyleft public domain code I modify?
From: Joe Buck
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 18:21
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 18:21
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leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com writes: >Can I copyleft a changed version of public domain code? Yes. (make sure it's *really* public domain, meaning the author explicitly put it in the public domain) >I suppose the original version is public domain, and the >changed version is copylefted... Yes again. -- -- Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> (not speaking for Synopsys, Inc) Phone: +1 415 694 1729
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,4e92cce51872e164 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-08 10:33:14 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!chronos.synopsys.com!news.synopsys.com!jbuck From: jbuck@synopsys.com (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: can I copyleft public domain code I modify? Date: 8 Feb 1995 18:21:42 GMT Organization: Synopsys Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043-4033 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3hb23m$t1v@hermes.synopsys.com> References: <1995Feb5.183922.11557@news.wrc.xerox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deerslayer.synopsys.com