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

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From: David J. Camp
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 21:40

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In Reply to this Note From: <Russell McOrmond>
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>  Is it possible to re-release something previously released as
>'Public Domain' and add what is to some seen as the 'restrictions' of
>the GNU Public Licence?  What are the alternatives (Other than the 
>obvious one which is to keep it 'PD', something I'd rather not do as I
>like to keep things going - There are already many derivatives of this PD
>work that are restricted distribution, part of commercial packages, or
>in some way 'un-available' (Heck, there are two programs that do
>exactly what I need that are derivatives of this package, but both are
>part of other Commercial packages).
>
>  Thoughts?

You can release the softwar eunder any terms you want, as long as you
have the permission of all of the authors.  -David-

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