Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-05 Thread D. Richard Hipp
On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 21:01 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > Can citizens of Germany and Austria assign their copyright interest > > to third parties? > > The exploitation rights can be transferred. These rights are the > important rights as far as software is concerned, but an author cannot >

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-05 Thread Florian Weimer
* D. Richard Hipp: > This would be a problem for any citizen of Germany or Austria > that wanted to contribute code to the SQLite project. I cannot > see that this would ever be a problem for an SQLite users. Yes, of course. > Can citizens of Germany and Austria assign their copyright interest

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-05 Thread Eugene Wee
Hi, Stefan Finzel wrote: As a german citizen I'll try you explain my understanding of my countries law. The basic concept should be similar within central Europe (Austria, France, Italy, Spain ... but not Great Britain) as most countries laws evolved from the Roman law . hmm... but in the

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-05 Thread Stefan Finzel
As a german citizen I'll try you explain my understanding of my countries law. The basic concept should be similar within central Europe (Austria, France, Italy, Spain ... but not Great Britain) as most countries laws evolved from the Roman law . Sorry i am not a lawyer, just a programmer

RE: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-04 Thread Fred Williams
Much ado about nothing... -Original Message- From: D. Richard Hipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:08 PM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain? On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 21:01 +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-04 Thread D. Richard Hipp
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 21:01 +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > There is > no such thing as "disclaiming copyright" in Europe (or at least > Germany and Austria). > > Rotty This would be a problem for any citizen of Germany or Austria that wanted to contribute code to the SQLite project. I cannot

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-04 Thread Clay Dowling
Eric Bohlman wrote: This is a rather sticky point. It's unlikely that someone who unofficially "disclaimed copyright" would willingly change his mind afterwards, but that assumes ideal circumstances. In the Real World, people sometimes die, get divorced, or get sued by people they owe money

Re: [sqlite] Re: philosophy behind public domain?

2005-06-04 Thread Eugene Wee
Well, since D. Richard Hipp would be the copyright holder if SQLite was licensed, that would be up to him, but he hasnt replied to the update yet. If the licensing policy changes, probably the MIT license or (new/revised) BSD license would be good choices, though it seems to me (as a