Sorry, I should have been more clear in my statement. What I was saying is that if the original author of the work published it anonymously, he would not be able to sue because he would not be able to prove he was the original author and copyright holder of the work. Comrade Ringo Kamens
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Ted Unangst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/22/08, Ringo Kamens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My guess would be that the content is released into the public domain >> since you can't sue because there is no proof that you are the >> copyright holder. > > He absolutely can sue. He says "I don't know who this anonymous > person is, but they copied my code." And now the people using that > code are screwed.
