On Tuesday 13 Jan 2009 2:54:25 pm Saswata Banerjee wrote: > > If the mail is in the public domain then LFY has not done anything > > wrong -- they are within their rights to print the mail, mangle it, > > change attribution, select, cut and paste without any obligation to > > inform the original author. That's what public domain means. > > > > I do not think public domain means that you can take an article, twist > its meaning and pretend that the author means something completely > different. Public Domain means you are allowed to quote it, use the > statement in your own documents. But not to defame the author by > claiming something he did not say
when releasing your work under public domain, you relinquish your rights under the law of copyright - but you still have all your rights under the law of torts and criminal law. Which means that if someone distorts what you said, and attributes it to you, you can sue them or prosecute them. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
