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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
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 13:10:07 1985
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Organization: Resource Dynamics Inc., New York
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>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
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