I'am far from a legal scholar, i do know that one of the main driver behind extending the copyright to death of author +70yrs was so Disney would continue to control miky mouse, or atlest tahat is the folk lore on the topic. So that make it seem like even if gentoo owns the material they only do so until 70yrs after the author deaths. Mening year of writing is surpluses, atlest considring us copyright.
/EKG ps. Please tell me if I only generate noise. On 5 May 2017 20:39, "William L. Thomson Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 5 May 2017 14:31:17 -0400 > "William L. Thomson Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 May 2017 18:20:43 +0000 > > Erik Närström <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'snt copyright deth of author +70yrs? > > > > Yes for work that is copyright to say you or me. Something copyright > > to an immortal entity I believe is different. Even if Gentoo ended, > > not sure that is the same as a person dying. We essential give up our > > copyright when you put Gentoo's copyright on there. I think it would > > have to include a persons name for the death term to apply. > > > > I believe 95-120 years is the duration. > > https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf > > > > That is for the United States, not the world. Seems most others go with > the author aspect. But I am not sure how that carries over to entities. > At least in the US, this stuff that is copyright Gentoo is bound to > those terms. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term > > OT.... > Corporate personhood is one of the most contentious things in the US. > IMHO it was the reason for the civil war not slavery etc. If it was > slavery no need for civil rights. It was about coporate personhood. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood > > This amendment, super abstract. Not sure software exists this abstract > in nature.... > > "As a matter of interpretation of the word "person" in the Fourteenth > Amendment, U.S. courts have extended certain constitutional protections > to corporations. " > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_ > United_States_Constitution > > > > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. >
