Re: More questions [from herc/390]
"somitcw" <[email protected]>
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--- In [email protected], "David Wade" <[email protected]> wrote: - - - snipped - - - >>--- In [email protected], "somitcw" > <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>The poster from then said that while IBM had given >>>>up on their distribution right, they maintained >>>>their IP and that meant no modifying and handing >>>>out source. >>>I'm no mouth-piece, but software written before >>>software copyright laws did not have a copyright >>>to give up. >There has, as far as I know always been software >copyright laws. They certainly pre-date much of >the software that is now free. They did however >require that the copyright owner declare their >copyright. IBM did not do this on early versions >of VM. It therefore has no copyright status. IBM >cannot prevent it being copied, redistributed or >modified. - - - snipped - - - Since copyright laws go back at least 300 years, I had assumed that software was added recently. If you know of a date it was added and whether it covered source, object, or both, I am curious. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/dpFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: hercules-advocacy-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/