There are two different fundamental forms of copyright regime. One is
based upon the right to copy, and the other is based upon the moral
rights of authors. A number of European nations, for example, are moral
rights regimes, while the U.S. is based upon the right to copy.
However, even in the
On Monday 16 July 2012 16:30, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> Ah, is it to avoid a situation where an author might be pressured into
> waiving that right?
That is one of the reasons, yes.
There is quite a few statues throuth our law that prohibit waiver's in certain
situations. :-)=
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Johnny A. Solbu
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> The reasoning behind it is to give credit to the authors. To ensure that
> happens, the law make it as a statutory requirement. The author cannot waive
> this right.
Ah, is it to avoid a situation where an author might be pressured into
wa
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> On Monday 16 July 2012 15:43, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
>> > (As an example, we are legaly required to give credit to King James as the
>> > author when we redistribute the old 1611 KJV Bible.)
>>
>> This kind of blew my mind. What are the benefi
On Monday 16 July 2012 15:43, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> > (As an example, we are legaly required to give credit to King James as the
> > author when we redistribute the old 1611 KJV Bible.)
>
> This kind of blew my mind. What are the benefits--supposed or
> otherwise--of such a law?
The reasoning
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Johnny Solbu wrote:
> Unless you explicitly transfer the copyright to someone else, You are the
> copyrights holder. Don't confuse copyrights with licensing.
That's a very good point. I think I confuse licensing with
transferring copyright sometimes.
> (As an ex
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Perhaps you should use Apache License v. 2.0 with an accomanying
> statement that you as copyright owner waive all conditions cited in
> section 4. Something like:
>
> Copyright 2012 by Casey Rodarmor .
>
> Licensed under the Apache License,
On Monday 02 July 2012 17:40, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
> It seems that if I am the original copyright holder and I specifically allow
> for it in the license,
> alteration of the copyright notices
Unless you explicitly transfer the copyright to someone else, You are the
copyrights holder. Don't co
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> Nope. The obligation to keep the copyright statement intact is typically
> required by law (see 17 USC section 506(c)(d) or your local equivalent), and
> the obligation to keep the license terms & disclaimer intact is a standard
> component o
Quoting Casey Rodarmor (ca...@rodarmor.com):
> I would like to release my work without any restrictions whatsoever.
It appears that many people seek to do this. Unfortunately, since the
nearly universal of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works (an international
Chuck Swiger writes:
>It sounds like you're looking for "public domain", which may or may
>not be available depending on your local law. Since public domain
>isn't always well-defined or available, using a simple permissive
>license is the next best thing.
Speaking of which, see
http://openso
On 7/2/2012 11:40 AM, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
Nope. The obligation to keep the copyright statement intact is typically
required by law (see 17 USC section 506(c)(d) or your local equivalent), and
the obligation to keep the license terms& disc
On 7/1/2012 10:42 PM, Casey Rodarmor wrote:
Is there an OSI approved license that does not require that the
original license be included even in trivial redistributions, and does
not require reproduction of any copyright, attribution, and other
notices that may be present in the original work?
Hi there,
Is there an OSI approved license that does not require that the
original license be included even in trivial redistributions, and does
not require reproduction of any copyright, attribution, and other
notices that may be present in the original work?
I would like to release my work with
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