On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:48:57PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: > > In other words, "for their own good", Congress removed people's right to > > license their own creations however they see fit; they restricted freedom > > to "preserve it". And as expected, it backfires as soon as an unexpected > > situation arises--such as people honestly wanting to give their creation > > to the world, for free, guaranteeing that the work will always remain > > under those terms. > > Yes... because SO many works are released directly into the Public Domain... >
Lots of works are placed under permissive licenses. > You sound like a corporate lawyer... they would love nothing more than for > the freedom of contract to be absolute. Imagine situations where you sign > away 1st amendment speech rights to get a job, or maybe whistle-blower > protections. Oh yes, it would truly be a brave new world if your way of > thinking ruled the day. Or your way of thinking: "give up freedom to protect freedom". Right. Brave new world. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
