Re: Public Domain re-worked and re-released under GNU Public Licence?

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From: Sean Casey
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 21:04

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Once something is in the public domain, you can copyright your
changes, but you cannot copyright the original. Your copyright will be
ruled invalid in court.

Sean
-- 
Sean Casey        |``Wind, waves, etc. are breakdowns in the face of the
sean@s.ms.uky.edu | commitment to getting from here to there. But they are the
U of KY, Lexington| conditions for sailing -- not something to be gotten rid
                  | of, but something to be danced with.''

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