On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Stevan Harnad <har...@cogprints.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > > Joseph Riolo has not understood this point and I do not think anything > is gained from further repetition, unless there is some new, pertinent > information introduced.
To be very blunt (forgive me), Stevan Harnad's position on copyright is flatly wrong. I am a bit worried that his position will become Achilles heel for some or many authors in the long term. The authors must always follow this commandment if they want to accomplish the goals in making their works available to the public without charge: You must not transfer, assign, or give up your whole copyright to anyone else anytime in your life. Putting your work in the public domain is a nice alternative and is much simpler than many other approaches but I am fully aware that this is not a popular option. So be it. Joseph Pietro Riolo <ri...@voicenet.com> Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain.
