On 21-Jul-1998, Hans Aberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 23:28 +1000 98/07/21, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> >I ANAL, but I believe the phrase "public domain" is a well-defined concept.
> >It does not mean why Simon L Peyton Jones means by it, though.
> >If something is public domain, then anyone can use it for anything.
>
> I recall from the eighties about what wordings like "public domain",
> "free-ware" etc really meant, and it turned out that people meant different
> things.
>
> So to be one the sure side, I think ine should the wording "This software
> is public domain, that is, ...", spelling it out.
>
> (By the way, what does the "I ANAL" you use mean?)
IANAL stands for "I am not a lawyer".
(The space between the "I" and "A" was a typo.)
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