On Jan 2, 2008 11:12 AM, Sean B. Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay. So is the preservation of copyright notices already explicit in > copyright law?
I'm pretty sure the answer to that would be "no", not least because most jurisdictions have no requirements for copyright notices anyway (copyright arising automatically without any formalities). So if someone gives you blanket permission to modify a work, then that would include the right to modify the copyright notices. However, actually doing so may then conflict with other rights the author may have, separate from copyright - e.g. "moral rights" giving an author to be identified as such. Plus, a general legal requirement to preserve copyright notices would also require a general legal definition of "copyright notice", which would not necessarily be a simple matter. If I put the following in a copyright work: "(C) 2007 John Halton. All rights reserved. Licensed under GPL v.3 or later. Absolutely no warranty applies to the maximum attempt possible by law. Copies of any modifications would be appreciated but are not required. Bespoke development work may be carried out by author on request - please contact me for details. Debian rocks!!!", at what point has that ceased to be a "copyright notice" and become something else? John (TINLA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]