Re: CVS is the `released version'

[jasonr]

Quoting "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden>:

> Since all software in the United States is copyrighted on creation,
> whether or not a copy of that code is sent to the copyright office,
> unless it is specifically said to be public domain, downloading and
> installing "3rd party, unassigned code" may mean `illegally using
> code'.  Most programs, of course, are never used illegally.  But a few
> may be.  This can be awkward.

As we are talking about emacs-lisp packages here, assuming the code to be Free
is quite reasonable.