On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:57:47PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > What's "the public domain" in the context of UK / European law?
I don't know, as I am neither a lawyer nor a European. However, I assume there is some concept of a work which has passed out of copyright (due to time limitations). What is that called? What are the rights of individuals with respect to that work? > It is useful to have explicit permission to use freely for > commercial/governmental/not for profit and personal and private use > for example. Is use actually restricted by copyright? If you receive a copy of software lawfully, are you not free to copy, run, modify, or reverse-engineer it? See the 1991 European Software Directive, for example. -Peff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
