Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 02:30, D. Starner wrote: > > > Okay, I have an Algol68 compiler written at Oklahoma State University > > in 1971. (This is not a hypothetical - I have this code, and have > > considered porting it to a more modern system, say Fortran 77 targetting > > a VAX.) Is it clearly in the public domain? > > I believe that under the pre-1976 copyright act, if it doesn't have a > proper notice of copyright, it is in the public domain. Also, I believe > it had to be registered to be copyrighted.
Only if it was published.
