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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