tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold) (10/29/87)
In article <3320064@hpsrlc.HP.COM> darrylo@hpsrlc.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata) writes: >In comp.sys.ibm.pc, tr@wind.bellcore.com (that's me) writes: >> static char sccsid[] = "@(#)uudecode.c 5.1 (Berkeley) 7/2/83"; > ^^^^^^^^ > Is this kosher? Doesn't Berkeley have a copyright on their code? > > [ ... ] No, these programs are distributed on the public domain tape you can get with BSD. There is a note saying, in effect, do what you want with this software; we want as many people as possible to have it. An sccs id is not a copyright. It just states whatever you want, in this case, where and when it was written. f i l l e r j u n k ! Tom Reingold INTERNET: tr@bellcore.bellcore.com Bell Communications Research UUCP: <backbone>!bellcore!tr 435 South St room 2L350 SOUNDNET: (201) 829-5119 [work] Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 287-2345 [home]