From: Erik Max Francis Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: rand() or random() Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:19:55 -0800 Organization: Alcyone Systems Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3469E53B.5D0D6E5D@alcyone.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newton.alcyone.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Eli Zaretskii wrote: > `random' wasn't written for DJGPP project. It was taken from the BSD > Unix library which is in public domain (and therefore free), but is > copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. /dev/eli:3: parse error before `copyrighted' A work cannot be both public domain and copyrighted; these two terms are mutually exclusive. Copyrighted means somewhere, someone retains some rights to it. Public domain means the copyright owner _explicitly_ waives all rights to the work. Free software (such as the BSD Unix software in question or software under GPL) is still copyrighted, and is not public domain. > Somebody > with a good understanding in the legal aspects should look at the > copyright and tell whether the function's name can be changed. DJ > should > be one person who should answer that. I could take a look myself, though I am not a lawyer, but I don't have the BSD Unix copyright in front of my face at the moment. -- Erik Max Francis, &tSftDotIotE / mailto:max AT alcyone DOT com Alcyone Systems / http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, California, United States / icbm://+37.20.07/-121.53.38 \ "Since when can wounded eyes see / If we weren't who we were" / Joi