On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 18:39 -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 11:45 -0500, Todd Berman wrote: > > [KSB] <...snip...> > > > > No. That is *WHAT* Public Domain means. It means anyone can take > > anything and do anything with it. Which is why CMS can take > > [KSB] Not to pick nits, but this is not strictly true. For example, I > can't take a listing of FOIA VistA and (assuming I could lift it) hit > someone over the head with it (at least, not without exposing myself to > arrest for assault and battery). It's' probably also illegal to ship > VistA to Cuba, North Korea, Iran even though it's in the public domain. > Public domain only means that I do not have to be concerned with > ownership of intellectual property when I contemplate doing something > with VistA. Any and all other restrictions still apply.
Since we are picking nits just a bit, it being in public domain does not restrict you from doing that. Other laws may, but if you feel it necessary to ship to Cuba, then print it out, then run around Havana beating people over the head with it, nothing about the license restricts that usage ;). Not that I would recommend it. --Todd ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
