diff --git a/curses.h b/curses.h
index 875c0b5f..01d0426e 100644
--- a/curses.h
+++ b/curses.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ***************************************************************************
 */
 /* 
-$Id: curses.h,v 1.6 2001/05/24 09:01:45 mark Exp $
+$Id: curses.h,v 1.7 2001/10/16 10:33:06 mark Exp $
 */
 /*
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ PDCurses portable platform definitions list:
 	                See notes in wclrtoeol() and wclrtoeof().
 **man-end**********************************************************************/
 
-#define PDC_BUILD	2502
+#define PDC_BUILD	2503
 #define	PDCURSES	1	/* PDCurses-only routines	*/
 #define	XOPEN		1	/* X/Open Curses routines	*/
 #define	SYSVcurses	1	/* System V Curses routines	*/
@@ -1716,6 +1716,7 @@ void    PDC_CDECL	PDC_set_title( char * );
 
 int     PDC_CDECL	PDC_getclipboard( char **, long * );
 int     PDC_CDECL	PDC_setclipboard( char *, long );
+int     PDC_CDECL	PDC_freeclipboard( char * );
 
 int     PDC_CDECL	PDC_get_input_fd( void );
 int     PDC_CDECL	PDC_curs_set( int );
diff --git a/dos/pdcclip.c b/dos/pdcclip.c
index 908a7604..57b0dfa2 100644
--- a/dos/pdcclip.c
+++ b/dos/pdcclip.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 
 #ifdef PDCDEBUG
-char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/01/10 08:28:32 mark Exp $";
+char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.3 2001/10/16 10:33:06 mark Exp $";
 #endif
 
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/01/10 08:28:32 mark Exp $";
  	Gets the textual contents of the system's clipboard. This
  	function returns the contents of the clipboard in the contents
  	argument. It is the responsibilitiy of the caller to free the
- 	memory returned with the free() system call.  The length of the
+ 	memory returned with the PDC_freeclipboard() call.  The length of the
  	clipboard contents is returned in the length argument.
 
   PDCurses Return Value:
@@ -85,3 +85,28 @@ int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_setclipboard(char *contents, long length)
 #endif
  return PDC_CLIP_ACCESS_ERROR;
 }
+
+/*man-start*********************************************************************
+
+  PDC_freeclipboard()	- Frees the memory associated with the contents of the clipboard
+
+  PDCurses Description:
+ 	This is a PDCurses only routine.
+
+ 	Frees the memory allocated by PDC_getclipboard().
+
+  PDCurses Return Value:
+ 	Always returns PDC_CLIP_ACCESS_ERROR	no clipboard support
+
+  Portability:
+ 	PDCurses	int PDC_freeclipboard( char *contents );
+
+**man-end**********************************************************************/
+
+int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_freeclipboard(char *contents)
+{
+#ifdef PDCDEBUG
+	if (trace_on) PDC_debug("PDC_freeclipboard() - called\n");
+#endif
+ return PDC_CLIP_ACCESS_ERROR;
+}
diff --git a/os2/pdcclip.c b/os2/pdcclip.c
index bd0c014d..02235ebf 100644
--- a/os2/pdcclip.c
+++ b/os2/pdcclip.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef PDCDEBUG
-char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/01/10 08:29:29 mark Exp $";
+char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.3 2001/10/16 10:33:06 mark Exp $";
 #endif
 
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/01/10 08:29:29 mark Exp $";
  	Gets the textual contents of the system's clipboard. This
  	function returns the contents of the clipboard in the contents
  	argument. It is the responsibilitiy of the caller to free the
- 	memory returned with the free() system call.  The length of the
+ 	memory returned with the PDC_freeclipboard() call.  The length of the
  	clipboard contents is returned in the length argument.
 
   PDCurses Return Value:
@@ -191,3 +191,30 @@ int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_setclipboard(char *contents, long length)
  return PDC_CLIP_ACCESS_ERROR;
 #endif
 }
+
+/*man-start*********************************************************************
+
+  PDC_freeclipboard()	- Frees the memory associated with the contents of the clipboard
+
+  PDCurses Description:
+ 	This is a PDCurses only routine.
+
+ 	Frees the memory allocated by PDC_getclipboard().
+
+  PDCurses Return Value:
+ 	Always returns PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS
+
+  Portability:
+ 	PDCurses	int PDC_freeclipboard( char *contents );
+
+**man-end**********************************************************************/
+
+int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_freeclipboard(char *contents)
+{
+#ifdef PDCDEBUG
+	if (trace_on) PDC_debug("PDC_freeclipboard() - called\n");
+#endif
+
+ free(contents);
+ return PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/os2/pdcurses.def b/os2/pdcurses.def
index 1df42658..9bd49349 100644
--- a/os2/pdcurses.def
+++ b/os2/pdcurses.def
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ EXPORTS
             COLOR_PAIRS
             PDC_chadd
             PDC_chins
+            PDC_freeclipboard
             PDC_getclipboard
             PDC_setclipboard
             PDC_set_title
diff --git a/win32/curses.def b/win32/curses.def
index 27cb622a..581661a7 100644
--- a/win32/curses.def
+++ b/win32/curses.def
@@ -294,3 +294,4 @@ EXPORTS PDC_ungetch
 EXPORTS PDC_usleep
 EXPORTS PDC_validchar
 EXPORTS PDC_vsscanf
+EXPORTS PDC_freeclipboard
diff --git a/win32/pdcclip.c b/win32/pdcclip.c
index e21fe3c6..f0ad2ec9 100644
--- a/win32/pdcclip.c
+++ b/win32/pdcclip.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 
 #ifdef PDCDEBUG
-char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.1 2001/01/10 08:30:46 mark Exp $";
+char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/10/16 10:33:06 mark Exp $";
 #endif
 
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.1 2001/01/10 08:30:46 mark Exp $";
  	Gets the textual contents of the system's clipboard. This
  	function returns the contents of the clipboard in the contents
  	argument. It is the responsibilitiy of the caller to free the
- 	memory returned with the free() system call.  The length of the
+ 	memory returned with the PDC_freeclipboard() call.  The length of the
  	clipboard contents is returned in the length argument.
 
   PDCurses Return Value:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_getclipboard(char **contents, long *length)
  }
 
  len = strlen((char *)handle);
- *contents = (char *)malloc(len+1);
+ *contents = (char *)GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED,len+1);
  if (!*contents)
  {
     CloseClipboard();
@@ -142,3 +142,30 @@ int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_setclipboard(char *contents, long length)
  GlobalFree(ptr1);
  return PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+/*man-start*********************************************************************
+
+  PDC_freeclipboard()	- Frees the memory associated with the contents of the clipboard
+
+  PDCurses Description:
+ 	This is a PDCurses only routine.
+
+ 	Frees the memory allocated by PDC_getclipboard().
+
+  PDCurses Return Value:
+ 	Always returns PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS
+
+  Portability:
+ 	PDCurses	int PDC_freeclipboard( char *contents );
+
+**man-end**********************************************************************/
+
+int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_freeclipboard(char *contents)
+{
+#ifdef PDCDEBUG
+	if (trace_on) PDC_debug("PDC_freeclipboard() - called\n");
+#endif
+
+ GlobalFree(contents);
+ return PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/x11/pdcclip.c b/x11/pdcclip.c
index fecf606f..bbd717cc 100644
--- a/x11/pdcclip.c
+++ b/x11/pdcclip.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include <curses.h>
 
 #ifdef PDCDEBUG
-char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.1 2001/01/10 08:30:04 mark Exp $";
+char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.2 2001/10/16 10:33:06 mark Exp $";
 #endif
 
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ char *rcsid_PDCclip  = "$Id: pdcclip.c,v 1.1 2001/01/10 08:30:04 mark Exp $";
  	Gets the textual contents of the system's clipboard. This
  	function returns the contents of the clipboard in the contents
  	argument. It is the responsibilitiy of the caller to free the
- 	memory returned with the free() system call.  The length of the
+ 	memory returned with the PDC_freeclipboard() call.  The length of the
  	clipboard contents is returned in the length argument.
 
   PDCurses Return Value:
@@ -94,3 +94,30 @@ int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_setclipboard(char *contents, long length)
 
  return XCurses_setclipboard( contents, length );
 }
+
+/*man-start*********************************************************************
+
+  PDC_freeclipboard()	- Frees the memory associated with the contents of the clipboard
+
+  PDCurses Description:
+ 	This is a PDCurses only routine.
+
+ 	Frees the memory allocated by PDC_getclipboard().
+
+  PDCurses Return Value:
+ 	Always returns PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS
+
+  Portability:
+ 	PDCurses	int PDC_freeclipboard( char *contents );
+
+**man-end**********************************************************************/
+
+int	PDC_CDECL	PDC_freeclipboard(char *contents)
+{
+#ifdef PDCDEBUG
+	if (trace_on) PDC_debug("PDC_freeclipboard() - called\n");
+#endif
+
+ free(contents);
+ return PDC_CLIP_SUCCESS;
+}