Originally Posted by Lykofos
Its been this way for as far back as I have been using PCs and freeware/shareware software (which has been a very long time indeed). Yes, I am a grizzled old geek who cut his teeth on DOS and BASIC (on old
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README.NOW
^^
YOU'RE old?
LOAD "*",8,1
^ thats oldschool.
Now.. I specifically state that -anything- I release is public domain, and therefore is free for anyone to use, distribute, even claim as their own, if they want to do that.
However, I also respect the wishes of other authors. If I see a license.txt file, I read it, if I see a readme, I read it. If it says "Ask before distributing" Then I either: a) ask. b) tell the other person "I found it here, go get it"
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