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Subject: Re: what's the license on nalimov's tb code?

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 12:17:56 04/29/02

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On April 29, 2002 at 11:32:28, Hristo wrote:

>On April 29, 2002 at 11:25:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On April 29, 2002 at 10:48:56, Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote:
>>
>>>can anyone tell me what is the license on nalimov's egtb source code that
>>>resides in prof hyatt's ftp site (TB/tmp directory)?  is it public domain?
>>
>>No, certainly not.
>>
>>It is copyrighted software, which basically means that you are not
>>allowed to copy it at all, unless you have permission from the
>>author.
>>
>>If a program/source code comes without a license, it always defaults
>>to this, i.e. by default, you are _not_ allowed to copy it.
>>
>
>I've heard this before, but I'll be damned if it doesn't sound fishy ...
>Also the copyright covers one aspect and license covers another aspect of the
>software. I don't think those two overlap completely. Eugene should put a
>license on the thing!
>
>hristo
>
>>--
>>GCP
I just copyrighted the binaires so you have to ask me for permision before you
write a program hehe.
              Regards Marc



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