From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 16 Sep 93 13:42:09 GMT From: psinntp!psinntp!jupiter.fuentez.com!hildjj@uunet.uu.net (Joe Hildebrand) Subject: Re: Automated Ada Physical Source Lines Counter Message-ID: List-Id: >> "timothy" == timothy shimeall writes: timothy> This code was developed for US Government purposes (MS timothy> Thesis study) by US Government personnel, and as such is timothy> uncopyrighted. Source code (in Ada and Ada-generating-tool ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ timothy> input files) is included in the distribution. The tool is timothy> distributed in "as is" condition, with no warantee stated timothy> or implied (see the file READ_ME for more explicit timothy> disclaimers and limits of availability). Doesn't this mean that anyone can take your work, copyright it, and prevent you from distributing it? Are you sure that is what you want? >>From the READ_ME file: READ_ME> Installation of this software is hereby forbidden where READ_ME> disclaimers of warantee are void or limited with respect to READ_ME> the agreement stated above. How can you enforce this with NO copyright? I might suggest GNU copyleft as a model for your copyright/disclaimer policy. I'm not trying to be hostile... these are just things you might like to think about. -- ---------- Joe Hildebrand Fuentez Systems Concepts hildjj@fuentez.com 11781 Lee-Jackson Hwy, Suite 700 Software Engineer Fairfax, VA 22033 Phone: (703)273-1447 Fax: (703)273-2972 Standard disclaimers apply