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Someone can't make public domain software unpublic. They can take it and do what they please, but they can't change the terms of use for others. AFAIK, general
by lutorm 18y ago
Someone can't make public domain software unpublic. They can take it and do what they please, but they can't change the terms of use for others.
AFAIK, generally US Government developed software is generally public domain (unless it's classified or something) and I doubt that means someone can just "assume ownership" of it.
- anamax 18y ago> AFAIK, generally US Government developed software is generally public domain (unless it's classified or something) and I doubt that means someone can just "assume ownership" of it. They can't assume ownership of exactly what the US govt released, but they can create a derived work and own that.
- lutorm 18y agoTrue, but that's fine. It doesn't affect you in any negative way.