stew@harvard.ARPA (Stew Rubenstein) (10/19/85)
In article <206@telesoft.UUCP> garym@telesoft.UUCP (Gary Morris @shine) writes: >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 > CompuServ: 76317,520 > TeleMail : GMorris/TeleSoft >"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done > and why. Then do it." -- Lazarus Long This is true. However, there is also a requirement for adequate notification. I am not sure that stuffing the copyright notice in some resource is adequate. A normal user would never see the notice. If David O'Connor decided to sue the poster or the users of his game, my opinion (I'm not a lawyer) is that he wouldn't have a chance. Further followups and discussion should not be in net.sources.mac.