George Georgalis wrote:
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 10:17:42PM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 12:52:23AM -0400, George Georgalis wrote:
Don't be silly. The charter of the "list" is contrary to issues
of fair use. As a matter of course, I note header info when I
take code from a list, but it would be hard to demonstrate why it
wouldn't be public domain.
LICENSE: This message is licensed only to those who agree with it,
any disagreement automatically revokes any and all rights to use
or distribute any likeness of this message.
What a ridiculous (and unenforceable) license. I have to agree with
something to repeat it? If you say something really stupid, I'm not
allowed to say later, "hey, wanna hear the stupid thing he said?"
Of course. I was expressing how silly applying
restrictions to a list post really is. BTW - I said
fair use, but if the term really only applies to old
works... I meant you are implying public domain by
posting.
What kind of judge would uphold copyright claims of
an author distributing his property on a public help
forum?
// George
I agree. If I stand on a street corner and tell anyone within earshot
what I think of some <whatever>, I can't expect to be able to claim some
kind of controlled dissemination of that information. Neither can I,
should I suddenly realize I've said something embarrassing, reasonably
expect everyone who heard me to refrain from telling others my secret,
let alone expect them forget it themselves.
If you say something in a /public/ forum. It's PUBLICly available. It
seems to me that that is the basis for slander and libel: someone says
or prints something in /public/. If you commit slander or libel, you
don't get to just "take it back".
And I would expect mailing lists on which the public at large is
eligible to participate are no exception.
If you don't want others passing your oh-so-valuable secrets around to
just anyone, either make them sign a contract stipulating they won't do
so, or keep it to yourself.
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~David "It's as safe with me as it was with you" Allen.
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