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From: John R. Sowden
I dropped them a note requesting a copy of the license. They responded
saying there is none. Does this mean that the free version is public
domain? I'm not up on German law to know.
No, it wouldn't be public domain (at least here in America). There are
copyright notices on the program meaning the Softmaker folks have not placed
the program into the public domain. There is no legal requirement that
software have a license. Without one, a user's rights would be determined by
the applicable copyright laws. It has been many years since I've reviewed
the U.S. software copyright laws, but as I understand it, the law would
permit you install it on one computer and then make a backup copy for
archival purposes.
Virgil
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