Thanks for the input everyone. > Have you let the OSI know? its possible someone made a mistake, or they > may simply disagree with the FSF on this matter.
Karl - I haven't contacted the OSI directly about this. I only posted my question to the OSI License Discuss list. For now, I'm just trying to get a handle on what the community thinks of the NOSA, and what they would do differently. Thanks, Jeremy On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Bernhard R. Link <[email protected]> wrote: > * Paul Wise <[email protected]> [110429 03:16]: >> Secondly, I was under the impression that all US Government works are >> supposed to be public domain, under what circumstances is this license >> used? > > It's only public domain within the USA. Everywhere else you might need > a license depending on the local legislation[1]. > > The same situation like if some author is dead long enough for one > legislation but not long enough for another, then the work can > be public domain in some parts of the world and not public domain > in other parts of the world. > > Bernhard R. Link > > [1] Berne has recipocity. But a possible implementation is "if you > give our authors the same rights as your authors, we give your > authors the same rights as our authors". > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
