Re: off topic: open source legal question

Bob, I forwarded your question on to a friend at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. She forwarded it to Tom Fields. Here are the messages I received: * >> I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed >> using public tax money would be owned by the public. >> I don't know if

Re: off topic: open source legal question

This was mistakenly sent to me off-list, but since I'm not the OP, I'm passing it on in hopes the original poster reads this :) (I think it was Bob Sparks) Seeya, Paul In a message dated: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:14:15 EDT cdowns said: >i just left working there for the last year but you might wa

Re: off topic: open source legal question

In a message dated: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:39:42 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >People, > >I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed >using public tax money would be owned by the public. Technically I believe this to be true, unless release of said sw poses a "National Security

Re: off topic: open source legal question

I believe that's an artifact of NCSA's charter or its "Agreement with the Community" rather than government ownership. --Bruce Quoting Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed > > using public t

Re: off topic: open source legal question

This would appear to make sense: software the public pays for is owned by the public. However, this is frequently not the case - and its not easy to determine when the rule applies. 1. I believe the "public" owns the software when its not copyrighted. 2. Otherwise, the copyright holder owns it.

RE off topic: open source legal question

Bob Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >>> I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed >>> using public tax money would be owned by the public. This is a VERY complex question, because all too often, the applications that are frequently developed are done so under a non-disclo

Re: off topic: open source legal question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed > using public tax money would be owned by the public. Well, that was ostensibly why the NCSA Web server (and Mosaic) were/are free and open. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar

off topic: open source legal question

People, I have heard, but am unable to verify, that software developed using public tax money would be owned by the public. I don't know if this is urban legend, or fact. Who can I ask? Where can I look? I have been told that Franklin Pierce Law Center, here in Concord, NH is one of the leading i