From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!ucbvax!C70:info-cpm Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm Title: Public Domain Software Protection Article-I.D.: ucb.1625 Posted: Wed Jul 28 21:05:50 1982 Received: Fri Jul 30 03:36:10 1982 >From ucivax!csuf!bytebug@Ucb-C70 Wed Jul 28 21:05:39 1982 The following note was included in an article in this month's (Aug '82) issue of DR DOBB'S JOURNAL. Other people in this dis- cussion have made suggestions of doing this sort of thing, but I would like to hear any comments on just how well something like this might hold up in court. Can you release something into the public domain, and have it still remain your property? "Note that these programs are the property of Mycroft Labs, and are hereby released into the public domain. They are not to be sold or includ- ed in a hardware or software package without the express permission of Mycroft Labs. Copies of the Mycroft Labs Public Domain disk (which includes MFT, SEND and RECV) are available for $15.00. Sorry, only 8" SS/SD "CP/M Interchange Format" is available. To order and/or receive permission to distribute any of these utilities, contact Lawrence E. Hughes at Mycroft Labs, Inc., P.O. Box 6045, Tallahassee, FL 32301, phone (904)385-2708. In any case, the name "Mycroft Labs" must remain in the source code, and be displayed when the pro- grams are executed."