Question regarding GPL
Wim De Smet
fragmeat at yucom.be
Fri Feb 27 16:38:55 UTC 2004
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:09:42 +0100 (MET)
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams at kemisten.nu> wrote:
> > > I have improved a code that is public domain (it has no
> > > copyright). Is it possible to make my improved version
> > > GPL. Is it useful.
> >
> > It is possible
> >
> > Only if one considers a work that lacks a copyright header
> > something that is in the public domain, which I belive is not
> > the case.
>
> He claimed that it is public domain.
>
> He claimed that it was PD based on the lack of a copyright header,
> Alex Hudson noted that just because it lacks a copyright header
> doesn't mean that it is PD.
No, he did not. He claimed that "it has no copyright". That can mean a
number of things(including that the author renounced his copyright in
some way) and you are over-assuming.
greets,
Wim
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