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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
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Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge
Date: 10 Feb 2002 18:28:12 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 12:07:28 +0000 (UTC), Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote:
> Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com> wrote:
>  
>: An important quibble: "public domain" means entirely free of copyright
>: and licensing restrictions.
> 
> Perhaps one should add that, if this applies, it applies to 
> works when the laws of the US of America apply.

Huh? Why? If code has been placed in the public domain in the US, it's
probably been placed in the public domain everywhere. There's not much
code that's in the public domain because of obscure US legal reasons.

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