On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Brad Thompson wrote:
> > Kal Lin
> >
> > Consider if people closed off public domain names. There is
> > no original copyright holder. Are you suggesting just never
> > citing their work even if they build on yours, mine and everyone
> > else's open content?
>
> Public domain names are no different than any other kind of OGC or PI. If
> the public domain name was OGC before it was PI, then the party who made it
> PI is in breach. If it wasn't, then it is now theirs if you choose to
> derive from their work. Since it is a public domain name, you can still use
> it in works that do not derive from it.
>
> Yes, that might be pretty disappointing if they did something really cool
> with it, but that's one consequence of how the OGL handles PI.
Actually, straight copyright law would work the same way. If I take
something that is public domain and make a derivative work from it, that
derivative work is now protected by my copyright. You can go derive your
own stuff from the same place I did, but you have no right to anything
interesting I did with the work.
alec
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