jeff wrote:
> Dylan William Hardison wrote:
>
>> On Friday, June 06, 2003 at 11:37AM -0400, Levi Bard wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030605.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>> Although, if they submit the source
>>> as evidence, doesn't that make it public domain?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm pretty sure showing the code to a judge or whatever would not make
>> it public domain.
>>
> [snip]
>
> That is correct. Case in point: Nothing from MS has become public
> domain, even after the code had been viewed during their many court
> appearances. There was a site, OldSoftware, that had some of the
> *really* old MS stuff (like DOS 1.0 and Windows for the 80286) ready
> for download. It was supposed to be just for people that had really
> old hardware and wanted to use it still. MS found out and ordered them
> to remove the software and action is still pending against the site
> owners.
>
> Jeff
>
>
Oops! That should have been "OldOS", not OldSoftware. Different site
altogether.
Jeff
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