On Wed, 06 Nov 2002, Brian Nelson wrote: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is NOT a clear case of 'something being not freely licensed'. > >> > >> 1) The exact license of the DEC word list is not clear. > > > > and then later in the DEC description > > > >> (NON-)COPYRIGHT STATUS > >> > >> To the best of my knowledge, all the files I used to build these > >> wordlists were available for public distribution and use, at least > >> for non-commercial purposes. I have confirmed this assumption with > >> the authors of the lists, whenever they were known. > >> > >> Therefore, it is safe to assume that the wordlists in this package > >> can also be freely copied, distributed, modified, and used for > >> personal, educational, and research purposes. (Use of these files in > >> commercial products may require written permission from DEC and/or > >> the authors of the original lists.) > > > > which is clearly not a free license. > > No, that's not the point.
IMHO this is exactly the point.
> Most of people who actually hold the copyrights (if they even claimed
> any copyright at all, which is doubtful), are unknown and cannot be
> contacted.
People don't need to assert copyright to have it.
yours,
peter
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