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Subject: Re: How will removing the Crafty FTP site help?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:16:25 03/26/99

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On March 26, 1999 at 18:11:03, James B. Shearer wrote:

>On March 26, 1999 at 11:52:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>I don't know if it can be done.  I hope that it can.  Actually, I think part of
>>the problem is that most people really don't understand what copyright means.
>>They imagine if you can see the source code you can do anything you want with
>>it.  That is not true, and perhaps when this becomes understood it will
>>alleviate a large portion of the problem.
>
>           Yes if the source says "This program may be freely distributed, used
>and modified ..." some people, fools that they are, will imagine this means they
>can freely distribute, use and modify it.
Especially if that is the only sentence they read.  If they have the brains to
read the whole thing, I doubt if problems would develop.



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