Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

2012-08-18 Thread John Cowan
Russ Nelson scripsit: And yet we know that bridges collapse. Is it reasonable to take steps against bridges collapsing? We (mostly) don't build bridges out of wood (software from moral rights countries), but instead out of steel and concrete (countries where people cannot retroactively change

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

2012-08-18 Thread Chris Travers
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Lawrence Rosen lro...@rosenlaw.comwrote: [This email best viewed in HTML format] ** ** Hi Ben, ** ** It would be difficult for Linus Torvalds to complain about porn when he intentionally released an operating system that is so ideally suited for

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

2012-08-18 Thread Russ Nelson
John Cowan writes: Russ Nelson scripsit: And yet we know that bridges collapse. Is it reasonable to take steps against bridges collapsing? We (mostly) don't build bridges out of wood (software from moral rights countries), but instead out of steel and concrete (countries where

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

2012-08-18 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Russ Nelson wrote: I hear a lot of whistling past the graveyard here. As people point out, it's never happened yet, and so it never will happen. Not a cause for concern; move along, nothing to see here. Russ, among the things I worry about in FOSS, moral rights are among the least worrisome.

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

2012-08-18 Thread Russ Nelson
Lawrence Rosen writes: If you want to worry about copyright law, consider 17 USC 203. [1] Tell me what you experience as you drive over that bridge I'll tell you in 35 years. -- --my blog is athttp://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. |