Scripsit Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Don't you agree that seeing non-free or even undistributable (no license > means "All Rights Reserved", with current laws!) papers at a DebConf is > really a shame?
I don't. Remember that non-free != evil, and that some of the arguments why free software is a good thing do not apply to expositions of scholary work or other conference contributions. People who think that intellectual property is in and of itself an evil concept are free to license their contributions liberally. But on the other hand, people who like free software for pragmatic reasons related to its being, well, software should not be forced to give away more rights than practically necessary for making the conference work. For example, it is common not to want to allow derived works for conference papers. That does not conflict with the SC, because the papers are not going to be part of our operating system. -- Henning Makholm "Det er jo svært at vide noget når man ikke ved det, ikke?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
