Hi Robert,
Anonymous works are still copyrighted by the anonymous author. If the
author ever decides to reveal him/herself, he can claim this copyright.
Contributions to RevOnline are not anonymous. If need be, they can be
traced back to an account and a user. This makes it easier to claim
copyright.
I don't think that public knowledge voids any patents. If you have a new
idea and can prove that the idea is yours, you can claim the patent.
I wouldn't want to force people to decide on anything when they release
their software. If they don't include an open source license, then let
them just have the copyright. That's also a type of freedom people
(authors) are entitled to.
(I'm no expert on legal issues).
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On 7/31/2013 15:49, Robert Mann wrote:
Oups! i'm surprised. I thought the opposite would be true :: if nothing
specified, it's deemed "public knowledge"?
As far as patents are concerned, once a mechanism is documented on line, it
is deemed to be public knowledge and thus no more patentable (one could do
it but anybody knowing the prior publication and proving it would be able to
challenge the patent).
Now it is true that copyrights protect the actual "wording" you use in a
document, and is applicable to softwares. And copyright applies whether or
not you actually put the copyright logo name and year.
On the frontier :: if the name of the author is not specified in the stack,
then it'll be hard to argue against common knowledge.
Clearly it would simplify to be able to add at the publication step a
corresponding OSS declaration.
I strangely assumed so far that contributions at revOnline were for the
common good, thus freely re-usable common knowledge. Are there any other
folks around who though so?
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