Don't be silly. The charter of the "list" is contrary to issues of fair use. As a matter of course, I note header info when I take code from a list, but it would be hard to demonstrate why it wouldn't be public domain.
LICENSE: This message is licensed only to those who agree with it, any disagreement automatically revokes any and all rights to use or distribute any likeness of this message. // George On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 09:18:21PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I don't know what issues you want answered regarding >copyright and fair-use of email but I can tell you >what little I know.... > >Emails are automatically copyrighted from the instant >of creation like all other works (paintings, books, music, software, >etc.). You don't have to do anything to get it under >copyright protection. > >Fair use is an ill-defined term. Even uses that are clearly >fair use can be dangerous to excercise unless you plan >to spend $$$ on lawyers to defend it. > >Chris > >P.S. I'll be talking about such matters at sdoss.org 6:30pm >meeting Wed Oct 5. > > > >On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 06:40:00PM -0700, m ike wrote: >> Has anyone come across discussions of copyright and fair-use issues >> regarding posts to mailing lists? I would like to read and have not >> been able to locate any discussions or case histories. >> >> Best, >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list >> > >-- >_______________________________________ > >Christian Seberino, Ph.D. >SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego >Code 2872 >49258 Mills Street, Room 158 >San Diego, CA 92152-5385 >U.S.A. > >Phone: (619) 553-9973 >Fax : (619) 553-6521 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >_______________________________________ > > >-- >[email protected] >http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator <IXOYE>< http://galis.org/ cell:646-331-2027 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
