On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:29, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > 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.
Interesting. But do you still retain the copyright, and others dont need permission from you to use subject to torts and criminal law? -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
