Lars Wirzenius wrote:
la, 2009-06-20 kello 08:56 +0200, David Paleino kirjoitti:
Is material copyrightable under a nickname, instead of a realname?
Yes, in all jurisdictions I am aware of. It's called a pseudonym and
tends to be explicitly recognized by copyright laws.
but I don't think is
Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org writes:
but I don't think is is usable in open source. Editors/publishers are
required to know the real name,
Why are editors/publishers required to know the real name?
Maybe this is a jurisdiction-dependent issue? I don't know of any such
constraint in
Jan Hauke Rahm i...@jhr-online.de writes:
Speaking for germany (as I already did in this thread), you have to
disclose your identity in court to make use of your civil rights. IOW
you cannot lay claim to your copyright if you are not identified as
the copyright holder. A pseudonym is then
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:22:17AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Jan Hauke Rahm i...@jhr-online.de writes:
Practically, I do see problems in the US, too: do you think a US court
would grant you copyright if the only statement in a file were (C)
2009, cate?
Explicit copyright notice is not
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:02:59AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org writes:
but I don't think is is usable in open source. Editors/publishers are
required to know the real name,
Why are editors/publishers required to know the real name?
Maybe this is a
Jan Hauke Rahm i...@jhr-online.de writes:
Practically, I do see problems in the US, too: do you think a US court
would grant you copyright if the only statement in a file were (C)
2009, cate?
The copyright office has a webpage that explains some of these
issues at
[moving to debian-devel as this is a topic broader than debian-mentors]
Master Kernel master.kernel.cont...@gmail.com writes:
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes:
[To be likely to have your package sponsored,] You will need to
identify yourself; “Master Kernel” is hardly likely
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:25:20 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
[moving to debian-devel as this is a topic broader than debian-mentors]
Master Kernel master.kernel.cont...@gmail.com writes:
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes:
[To be likely to have your package sponsored,] You will
la, 2009-06-20 kello 08:56 +0200, David Paleino kirjoitti:
Is material copyrightable under a nickname, instead of a realname?
Yes, in all jurisdictions I am aware of. It's called a pseudonym and
tends to be explicitly recognized by copyright laws.
The history of literature is full of people
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:21:04 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
la, 2009-06-20 kello 08:56 +0200, David Paleino kirjoitti:
Is material copyrightable under a nickname, instead of a realname?
Yes, in all jurisdictions I am aware of. It's called a pseudonym and
tends to be explicitly recognized by
On Sat Jun 20 09:28, David Paleino wrote:
Now that I read Ben's mail again, I see that his concern is also about the
Maintainer field. I suppose that should be a real name too then? Or is it ok
having a pseudonym because it's the sponsor taking responsibility for
the upload? (given that using
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:04:32 +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote:
On Sat Jun 20 09:28, David Paleino wrote:
Now that I read Ben's mail again, I see that his concern is also about the
Maintainer field. I suppose that should be a real name too then? Or is it ok
having a pseudonym because it's the
On Sat Jun 20 10:19, David Paleino wrote:
Also, going back to the note about reputation; There's no reason
reputation can't be associated with a pseudonym or with a GPG key
attached to a pseudonym.
How do you sign such a key? You'd break the web of trust, if you don't check
at
least
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:21:04AM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
la, 2009-06-20 kello 08:56 +0200, David Paleino kirjoitti:
Is material copyrightable under a nickname, instead of a realname?
Yes, in all jurisdictions I am aware of. It's called a pseudonym and
tends to be explicitly
David Paleino d.pale...@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:04:32 +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote:
Also, going back to the note about reputation; There's no reason
reputation can't be associated with a pseudonym or with a GPG key
attached to a pseudonym.
How do you sign such a key? You'd
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