Am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 18:58 schrieb Ashley Yakeley: > [...] > The Creative Commons project helpfully provides a public domain > declaration, that may be preferable to the earlier one I cited (although > it doesn't have a disclaimer either): > > <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/> > > "The person or persons who have associated work with this document (the > "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the > best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the > public domain of the country from which the work is published, or (b) > hereby dedicates whatever copyright the dedicators holds in the work of > authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. A > certifier, moreover, dedicates any copyright interest he may have in the > associated work, and for these purposes, is described as a "dedicator" > below. > > "A certifier has taken reasonable steps to verify the copyright status > of this work. Certifier recognizes that his good faith efforts may not > shield him from liability if in fact the work certified is not in the > public domain. > > "Dedicator makes this dedication for the benefit of the public at large > and to the detriment of the Dedicator's heirs and successors. Dedicator > intends this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in > perpetuity of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether > vested or contingent, in the Work. Dedicator understands that such > relinquishment of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights > to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work. > Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work > may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, > built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial > or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not > yet been invented or conceived."
Huh, this is rather complex. Do we understand all the implications this license would have? In addition, it uses this ugly word ( :-) ) "public domain" instead. Best wishes, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
