On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:56:02PM -0800, Arandir wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, David Starner wrote:
>
> > > This is equivalent to forking the project at the start, unless you add
> > > an addendum to the GPL that stipulates that GPL contributors permit you
> > > to take their changes and re-rele
Richard Stallman wrote:
> If an application 'A' uses a library 'B' in what might be described as an
> 'essential' way, then, irrespective of the physical mechanism of linkage
> (static/dynamic/run-time/compile-time/corba) I would expect 'A' to be
> considered as a derived work of
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, David Starner wrote:
> > This is equivalent to forking the project at the start, unless you add
> > an addendum to the GPL that stipulates that GPL contributors permit you
> > to take their changes and re-release them under the APSL clone. Of
> > course, then it's not GPL any
On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 05:32:43AM -0500, Alex Nicolaou wrote:
> Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> > Why not dual-license? GPL + anything else you please. That way, if people
> > want to do GPL work, they accept your GPL license. Someone who wants to
> > do commercial work accepts your APSL 1.1 clone.
>
>
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> From: "Scott Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > A better example is Bruce Perens GPL'ing of the
> > public domain TIGER map database last year from the US Census Bureau.
>
> I am skating on thin ice on that one because it's a collection of facts
> and not in itself copyrig
Bruce Perens wrote:
> Why not dual-license? GPL + anything else you please. That way, if people
> want to do GPL work, they accept your GPL license. Someone who wants to
> do commercial work accepts your APSL 1.1 clone.
This is equivalent to forking the project at the start, unless you add
an ad
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There's a great deal of information about copyright and copyrightable
> subject matter available from the Library of Congress Office of Copyright.
> It is probably all on the web too.
Oh, I don't mean to suggest that there aren't standards or that they
aren't publishe
> I think there might be a confusion in the use of language here.
Yes, copyright is distinct form moral rights (which as someone
pointed out is the english language term rather than creator's
rights).
> It seems quite possible to abandon a copyright.
Yes, copyrights are completely assignable A
I think there might be a confusion in the use of language here.
It seems quite possible to abandon a copyright. However, that does not make
it available for anyone else to have. Consider the case where a copyright
expires. This puts the work in the public domain (ignoring the prospect of
some o
> In English this is often called ``moral rights.'' Moral rights do not
> exist in English and American law. They exist in French law, and
> presumably German law. I have no idea whether they will exist in EU
> law.
I was told that moral rights are coming into affect
("ascension") some time s
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:09:44 +
From: Angelo Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The creator of a given subject has "rights of an author".
In English this is often called ``moral rights.'' Moral rights do not
exist in English and American law. They exist in French law, and
presumably
Hi Bruce!
Hi all!
Problem in this thread is that most people seem not to realize that
copyright is only a smal part out of a set of rights which belong
to a more comprehencive right.
see below!
Best Regards,
Angelo
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> From: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Even
Hi Bruce,
Hi all,
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> From: "Scott Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > A better example is Bruce Perens GPL'ing of the
> > public domain TIGER map database last year from the US Census Bureau.
>
> I am skating on thin ice on that one because it's a collection of facts
> and no
Hi Seth,
very good explanaition!
Angelo
Seth David Schoen wrote:
>
> Bruce Perens writes:
>
> > From: Justin Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > How far can you go with this notion that you cannot copyright a fact? Can you
> > > copyright the arrangement of chess men on a chess board?
> >
> > The
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