#CompuS Copyright
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I read a very disturbing article in today's InfoWorld. It seems like
CompuServe is suing a bbs sysop who posted public domain software
downloaded from CIS to his bbs. CIS says they have a copyright on anything
and everything in their databases. If this is true, I don't plan to upload
a single thing, since I don't create software just to give CIS a copyright
on it. The copyright is _mine_. Besides that, this CIS policy violates
the entire idea of public domain software. Can anyone verify this? If
it's true, do we want to continue to "give" our work and efforts to
CIS????? If this message sounds angry, you're reading it right!!!!!!