Thanks! I didn't know about that.
2007/12/21, David Zülke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Not entirely correct. As I pointed out in the other thread, not all > countries have the concept of transferrable copyright. Therefor, a > note should be added that explicitly states that everyone is free to > use it without permission, fees etc. Much like a BSD or MIT license, > but without the additional conditions of preserving copyright notices. > > > > David > > > > Am 21.12.2007 um 14:29 schrieb Martin Alterisio: > > > No, public domain isn't recognized by copyright law as a copyright > > notice. > > An extra line should be added that says something like "no copyright > > is > > claimed", and attach a year range where the copyright is in effect > > (since > > copyright expires, if I remember correctly). Anyway, the keyword > > here is > > "copyright", which is recognized internationally (which means you > > should use > > this word even if writing the copyright notice in another language). > > > > Without a copyright notice, the code isn't apt for distribution. The > > author > > could claim that he did not give his consent for public distribution > > and > > that the code was an in-house development. Anyway, it's too > > complicate and I > > understand very little. To get the real facts here, you should talk > > to your > > lawyer. > > > > 2007/12/21, Alexey Zakhlestin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> isn't "public domain" specific enough? > >> > >> On 12/21/07, Martin Alterisio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> 2007/12/20, Stanislav Malyshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>> > >>>>> Attached is a quick patch for PHP 5.2.5 that replaces RSA's > >> copyrighted > >>>>> implementation of MD5 with my public domain one: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/popa3d/popa3d/md5/ > >>>> > >>>> Tried that one and it is about 30% faster indeed (on md5-only > >> benchmark, > >>>> 32-bit Linux on AMD Opteron. Anybody objects to accepting this? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Just one, but is a mere formality. I didn't see any copyright > >>> notice on > >> the > >>> code nor a licensing document attached. I have not much of the legal > >>> mumbo-jumbo comprehension, so, correct me if I'm wrong, shouldn't > >> external > >>> code that's to be included in the php codebase meet these legal > >> formalities > >>> so it doesn't become a liability? > >>> > >>> That's all. > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> > >>> Martin Alterisio > >>> > >>> PS: Does anyone knows if using a nickname for authorship is > >>> considered > >>> legally valid? I believe it might be valid, think about writers > >>> that use > >>> such pseudonyms, but I'm not sure... > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Alexey Zakhlestin > >> http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/ > >> > >
