John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery writes: >> In practice, the rules that say that work done by the government is >> automatically public domain...
> Work done by US federal government employees on government time is > effectively public domain. This does _not_ apply to work done by state > or local government employees. It also does not apply to work done by > US federal government contractors. >> ...are undermined by enough special cases that it's best not to rely on >> them without an explicit statement. > Could you describe these special cases? The US federal government contractor one is the one that I'm the most familiar with, particularly since it has tentacles into a lot of things that might on the surface appear to be work done by US federal government employees on government time. Beyond that, if I had more specifics, I wouldn't tend as strongly towards suggesting caution. :) It's precisely because the situation in practice seems rather murky that I recommend being careful. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
