From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cym224 at gmail.com (Nemo) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:01:05 -0400 Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] 2bsd tarball -> pdtar, with a side of uuslave In-Reply-To: <26260.1596030165@hop.toad.com> References: <6a0063f8-128d-751d-114f-a0f811d02098@gmail.com> <26260.1596030165@hop.toad.com> Message-ID: (Sent to COFF as too far afield for a subthread) On 29/07/2020, John Gilmore wrote (in part): [...] > There was another chapter to the "tar wars" after UNIX and after POSIX. First, thank you for the chapter. #6-) > I put the pdtar code into the public domain, so it could be widely used. > This produced a variety of support headaches. [...] This eventually led me to > understand more of the value in using the GNU General Public License. As everyone knows, a lot of Usenet source was released into the public domain. I have been told, time and again, by IP lawyers never to release s/w unencumbered. Without an appropriate encumbrance, the author may be liable for any damage caused by said s/w -- as insane as that sounds. (I was told that there is even case law but I cannot remember what.) So your support woes could have been worse. N.