Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Hanke
Hi, [ Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed. ] I packaged nifiticlib, a software that is placed into the public domain. The source package is available from mentors.d.n: http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=nifticlib The previous version of the above pac

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-07 Thread MJ Ray
Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [ Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed. ] [...] > I talked to upstream and they replaced those statement with something > like the following to make their software acceptable for Debian main: > > # The immv file was originally part of FSL - FMRIB's Softwar

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-07 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >How has it 'been placed in the public domain'? I am not aware of any >way to do that in Oxford besides copyright expiring, or the work somehow >not qualifying for automatic copyright protection anyway. It may be >possible to disclaim all copyright interest in a work, bu

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-07 Thread MJ Ray
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >How has it 'been placed in the public domain'? I am not aware of any > >way to do that in Oxford besides copyright expiring, or the work somehow > >not qualifying for automatic copyright protection anyway. It may be > >possible to dis

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-08 Thread Michael Hanke
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:35:54AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [ Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed. ] > [...] > > I talked to upstream and they replaced those statement with something > > like the following to make their software acceptable for Debian main: >

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-11 Thread MJ Ray
Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed. ] > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:35:54AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Sorry, I think it's ambiguous. The UK Patent Office (www.patent.gov.uk, > > who also handle much to do with copyright, sadly) sometimes uses 'in the

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-18 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Michael Hanke wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:35:54AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: >> Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > [ Please keep me CC'ed, I'm not subscribed. ] >> [...] >> > I talked to upstream and they replaced those statement with something >> > like the following to make their softwar

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-18 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:40:40 -0400 Nathanael Nerode wrote: [...] > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:35:54AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: [...] > >> Please ask them to use a MIT/X11-like licence or similar liberal > >terms. > MJ, MIT/Expat is usually preferred to MIT/X11 here. :-) I don't > remember why; I t

Re: Copyright in public domain package

2006-09-18 Thread Ben Finney
Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > MIT/Expat is usually preferred to MIT/X11 here. :-) I don't > remember why; I think it's more liberal. It also has the advantage of being (currently) an unambiguous way to refer to the specific license terms; "the terms of the Expat license" has onl