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  • From: James Davis <jamesd AT jml.net>
  • To: toddd AT mypse.goracer.de, Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: public domain question
  • Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:59:39 +0000 (GMT)

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Gottfried Hofmann wrote:

> Isn't it commmon among programmers to use public domain code in GPLed
> programs (which means the public domain code will be relicensed to GPL
> in that case)?

Yes, the new program is a derivative of the public domain work and the
author can license it as they wish.

James





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