On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Free Software Foundation wrote:
> David Chan wrote:
> > "Reproductions of material from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
> > Collections Library may be made only for use in the research, teaching, or
> > private study of the recipient of the reproduction. They may not be made
> > for or donated to other repositories by the recipient. They may not be
> > further reproduced without permission."
> >
> > Obviously this clause makes the scans non-free. I don't know if they
> > can enforce it for the public domain material which Mutopia would use.
[...]
> If they have made [certain] changes to the work then they can indeed
> make that non-free license.
They haven't; this is verbatim scans of material whose copyright has
lapsed.
> If they haven't, then the license may be invalid. [...] However, any
> more detail on this information would probably have to go to our
> lawyer.
If it's not too much trouble, I'd be very interested in your lawyer's
opinion, as to whether such licenses are Definitely Valid, Definitely
Invalid, or Unclear. If they are Valid or Unclear then Mutopia will have
to avoid them (or negotiate with the owner).
Many thanks,
--
David
