Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail
From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: New X Win game - Digger
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:02:18 +0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Lines: 14
Message-ID: <io9mlq$fem$1@reader1.panix.com>
References: <io1m32$ecn$1@speranza.aioe.org> <51C9793A68%news@youmustbejoking.demon.cu.invalid> <io91b1$pdm$1@speranza.aioe.org> <87k4evr2ns.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1302879738 15830 64.122.56.22 (15 Apr 2011 15:02:18 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:02:18 +0000 (UTC)
User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux)
Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:756 comp.unix.misc:9 comp.os.linux.x:13

On 2011-04-15, John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> digger writes:
>> The fact that I advertised it on a public newsgroup for public
>> download means its de facto free to distribute.
>
> Not under USA copyright law.

I think you might want to look up the phrase "de facto". ;)

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! -- I love KATRINKA
                                  at               because she drives a
                              gmail.com            PONTIAC.  We're going
                                                   away now.  I fed the cat.