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On 2003-10-15, Peter Wang <tjaden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is *anybody* responsible of public domain code? I mean, how do you
> > sue the public domain...
>
> No, Allegro is not in the public domain, since the authors claim
> copyright over the work.
Really? I always understood that the references like "xxxx wrote
yyyy" were kind of ChangeLog, and didn't have any legal effect. Maybe
we should attribute copyright to the FSF or explicitly reject
any copyright?
> But I echo your sentiment. Can a user *really* sue an author
> for free software? I mean, really.
We only need somebody pop in and say we are violating some patent
*sigh*.