Re: Early Software Free?
Anthony DeRobertis <asd@suespammers.org> writes:
> On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 02:30, D. Starner wrote:
>
> > Okay, I have an Algol68 compiler written at Oklahoma State University
> > in 1971. (This is not a hypothetical - I have this code, and have
> > considered porting it to a more modern system, say Fortran 77 targetting
> > a VAX.) Is it clearly in the public domain?
>
> I believe that under the pre-1976 copyright act, if it doesn't have a
> proper notice of copyright, it is in the public domain. Also, I believe
> it had to be registered to be copyrighted.
Only if it was published.
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