Hello! On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 02:25:49PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: >[...]
>Bullshit. The license retains ANY RIGHTS which are in Copyright law, >a body of law that PRECEDES the decleration. That body of law is >pulled in the MOMENT a "Copyright (c) YYMM author" decleration is >made. In some legislations, especially in Europe, copyright law applies *automatically*, even without an explicit copyright statement/assertion. Just by creating something that's copyrightable. >[...] >There is only one 'Total Freedom', and it is a "Public Domain" >declaration, which these licenses are not. These are full Copyright >Act licenses, carrying the full of power of the Copyright, and only THEN >the addition author's release surrenders some rights he has. And that "Total Freedom" isn't available everywhere. In some legislations (e.g. in Europe), you *can't* give up the copyright you *automatically* acquire by creating a copyrightable work. It can only expire (after N years, or even only N years after the death of the author). And only works with expired copyright are public domain there. >[...] Kind regards, Hannah.
