Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Thomas Bushnell, BSG > > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Of course they are. The fact that the author intends for his work to > > > be free is made very explicit by applying the GPL to it. Since moral > > > rights are about protecting the author's intentions with creating the > > > work, there cannot, logically, be any conflict between moral rights > > > and freedom. > > > Moral rights "protect" things even when they are *not* the author's > > intention. > > Did you read the exact wording I posted? It very specifically protects > exactly the author's intention. Nothing more.
What if the author's intention is that anyone do whatever they want with the work, and explicitly says "I hereby waive any of my so-called moral rights"? In that case, his heirs can *still* come back and say "no waiver is possible", and "your modification of the work makes his artistic integrity look bad", and it will be their judgment and the court's that controls.
