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In article <1991Nov5.210739.19151@iitmax.iit.edu> draughn@iitmax.iit.edu (Mark Draughn) writes:
>I could just put it in the public domain, but I can forsee the
>possibility of some unpleasentness.  What if some software company out
>there uses my code in a program that they sell commercially?
>
>Boy, will I feel stupid.  I'm in the position of a musician who writes
>a Christmas song and releases it to the public domain, so that
>carolers and school choirs can use it, only to discover that someone
>has recorded a single and is making big money from it.  Here's someone
>making money off of work, and I have no way to stop it.
>
>Unless I use CopyLeft.

Nonsense.  You think there are only two possible copyrights?  Everyone
and noone?  Put a copyright on it that allows non-commercial use, but
requires anyone wishing to include it or derivitives in commercial software
to contact you first.


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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.