Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Sean Kellogg wrote: There is no such thing as software that isn't copyrighted. He means software written after 1988, of course. All original expression that is fixed in a tangible form is immediately copyrighted (at least, that's the U.S. rule). Since the passage of the Berne Convention

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-22 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brian M. Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes There is no such thing as software that isn't copyrighted. All original expression that is fixed in a tangible form is immediately copyrighted (at least, that's the U.S. rule). There is still lots of debate as to whether

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-22 Thread Adam McKenna
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:05:09PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: The rule, afaict (and I'm not an American), is that copyright *cannot* *be* *enforced*, which is not the same thing at all ... http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#piu --Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Monday 18 July 2005 11:07 am, Brian M. Carlson wrote: What we *don't* want, is software that is copyrighted (which PD software isn't) and then without a license, because that gives us almost no rights whatsoever. There is no such thing as software that isn't copyrighted. All original

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-18 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 11:45 -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: On Monday 18 July 2005 11:07 am, Brian M. Carlson wrote: What we *don't* want, is software that is copyrighted (which PD software isn't) and then without a license, because that gives us almost no rights whatsoever. There is no such

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-18 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Monday 18 July 2005 03:13 pm, Brian M. Carlson wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 11:45 -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: On Monday 18 July 2005 11:07 am, Brian M. Carlson wrote: What we *don't* want, is software that is copyrighted (which PD software isn't) and then without a license, because that

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Sean Kellogg wrote: On Monday 18 July 2005 11:07 am, Brian M. Carlson wrote: What we *don't* want, is software that is copyrighted (which PD software isn't) and then without a license, because that gives us almost no rights whatsoever. There is no such thing as

Re: Public Domain and Packaging

2005-07-18 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On 7/18/05, Sean Kellogg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh. The original paragraph had a little parenthetical note about how some software is not actually copyrighted. In addition to U.S. Government works, software that does not comprise expression is also non-copyrighted, as was discussed in