On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 07:33:03PM -0500, Mumia W wrote: > Before the GPL, people who wanted to release software freely would put > it into the public domain, where it would be free for only a brief > period before someone took it, changed it, and released it as > proprietary software.
Yep, because then the original public domain code *ceases to exist*. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]