Andre Poenitz schrieb:
I think this laywer is plainly wrong or there was a mistake in translating "Urheberrecht" into "Copyright" or whatever.
You are right and thanks for your further explanation in the previous mail. I misunderstood the lawyer, the creator is always the "Urheber" (copyright holder) (altough he has not always the right to license it).
If found a good page describing this issue (in german):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinfrei
I originally asked the lawyer what happens if one publishes something without putting it under a license. And as I understood it: Everybody can use it for free. The "Urheber" can put it under a license or permit the useage later at any time, but not retroactive. That means the usage is in any case free if it is published without restrictions or license. I hope I understood it right. But as this topic seems to be very difficult also for lawyers, I won't be liable for this statement.
But anyway, I tried to contact the author of csv2lyx, but got no reply. So I don't know if we can put it on lyx.org. Any suggestions?
thanks and regards Uwe
