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Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge
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From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
Date: 11 Feb 2002 13:09:15 -0800
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Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> writes:
> On 09 Feb 2002 16:04:45 -0800, Keith Thompson wrote:
> > An important quibble: "public domain" means entirely free of copyright
> > and licensing restrictions.  If a piece of software is public domain,
> 
> No I mean "for the common good" or what you choose to call it. I'm not
> talking about what is called public domain in the computer license
> jargon. I mean that the code is available for anybody.

Then please use a phrase other than "public domain", which has a
specific legal meaning (at least in the US).

If nothing else, using a more accurate term will most likely prevent
me from posting annoying followups like this one.  8-)}

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