Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rdin.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!rdin!perl From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) Newsgroups: net.sources.mac Subject: Re: Public Domain Pong Game Message-ID: <509@rdin.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 13:10:07 EST Article-I.D.: rdin.509 Posted: Wed Oct 30 13:10:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 07:25:29 EST References: <8510080737.AA26809@ucbkim> <323@tekig4.UUCP> <206@telesoft.UUCP> Organization: Resource Dynamics Inc., New York Lines: 28 >In article <323@tekig4.UUCP> briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes: >>> Here is an implementation of the game of pong. I got it from a local >>> Mac bulletin board. It apparently is in the public domain--there is >>> no notice to this effect, but there is absolutely no copyright notice >>> or "About Pong" message under the apple menu. >> >>Be aware that the "PONG" resource (# 0) bears the message: >> >> "!Copyright 1985, David L. O'Connor" >> >>I doubt this is a legally binding copyright notice, but that isn't the point. >>I'd hesitate to call this "public domain." > >I can't find anything invalid in that copyright. To be a legal copyright >it must contain the word "Copyright" OR a C with a circle around it (a real >circle, parenthesis don't count), it must have the year of release and the >owners name (company or individual). This copyright meets all these >requirements. >-- >Gary A. Morris -- USENET : ...{decvax,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!telesoft!garym What does the law say regarding the visibility of a copyright? If I wanted someone to see something, I wouldn't hide it in a resource! Robert Perlberg Resource Dynamics Inc. New York {philabs|delftcc}!rdin!perl