On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:09:42 +0100 (MET) "Alfred M. Szmidt" ams@kemisten.nu wrote:
> > I have improved a code that is public domain (it has no > > copyright). Is it possible to make my improved version > > GPL. Is it useful. > > It is possible > > Only if one considers a work that lacks a copyright header > something that is in the public domain, which I belive is not > the case.
He claimed that it is public domain.
He claimed that it was PD based on the lack of a copyright header, Alex Hudson noted that just because it lacks a copyright header doesn't mean that it is PD.
No, he did not. He claimed that "it has no copyright". That can mean a number of things(including that the author renounced his copyright in some way) and you are over-assuming.
greets, Wim