On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> wrote:
> Am 09.05.2015 um 23:06 schrieb David Bellows: > >> I'm not sure so this maybe wrong. But AFAIK copyright for content posted >>> to the list is by default with the author and has no license by itself. So >>> I think you can't assume it's PD. >>> >> >> This sounds correct as well. Does just making the code available to >> the world in a public manner imply anything about it being OK to use >> it in another project? I don't know the answer to that and thus these >> questions. But you are correct, I'm betting, that the author does >> automatically own the copyright to the code (at least in the US). >> >> Should there be some kind of agreement that everyone signs off on when >> subscribing to the mail list concerning any code they might >> contribute? >> > > I *think* I've read an agreement somewhere that explicitly states what I > wrote before, so if that's true we explicitly have no PD on the list. > > >> And is the line that David added sufficient?: >> >> I'm more than happy to let you use the "auto-ottava" code for your >>> project. By posting it on this forum I make it available to anybody >>> who sees utility in it. >>> >> > I would say you can take this as a sufficient "license agreement" that > overrides the general list rules ;-) > Yes. I'm happy to license this under the GPL. David
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