Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: That would be public domain

Author:	David McCusker
Posted:	9/11/2000; 8:31:50 PM
Topic:	Guido and Richard
Msg #:	21220 (In response to 21215)
Prev/Next:	21219 / 21221

Larry Rosenstein: Some people take shareware programs, modify them with ResEdit and distribute them as their own programs.

Ick, that does sound offensive. I wonder if the license or copyright made any difference at all in those cases. Was it only done to public domain goods?

Passing something off as your own is the most offensive part, since clearly this is misrepresentation. Mere redistribution for one's own purpose, when the product is public domain, doesn't seem a problem.

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