On 7/20/05, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Bob Johnson wrote: > > > IANAL either, but in general, a copyright holder has the right to > > control > > derivative works as well. You can't publish pictures of Mickey > > Mouse without > > permission of Disney, even if you drew the pictures yourself, and you > > (probably) can't publish images of Beastie without Kirk McKusick's > > permission. The fact that he is lenient in enforcing his rights > > does not > > mean that he doesn't have them. > > > > If someone manages to come up with a daemon image that is obviously > > NOT > > Beastie, then they won't have to worry about McKusick's copyright, > > but since > > he is so lenient in granting usage, why bother? > > > > http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html > > > > - Bob > > > This would be true if he had invented or come up with Beastie first. > Is that how it happened? I was under the impression that he just > came up with the most loved form but that previously somewhat similar > images had been used for unix/bsd etc. He still has the right to > derivatives of his beastie but I would suspect that not-so-similar > versions would be OK. But again, IANAL and am not familiar with whole > history > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
No I disagree. I'm fairly certain that an independently drawn personified mouse would not be copyright infringement. Calling it "Mickey Mouse" may very well be trademark infringement, however. -- Josh Ockert WMU Student: French Linguistics, Computer Science -- The irony in biblical creationists' rhetoric of implicitly claiming that God's universe is so inconsistent that carbon decays at erratic rates is too delicious to ignore. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
