Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: I don't think the OED is on line, but if it is, I'd be grateful for a URL. It is, but it's a rather expensive subscription to actually look up words. Safer to assume that it isn't in mailing-list

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. It has come to my attention that the word copyrighted actually seems to be used in the relevant U.S. legislation. So I'll have to retract my claim that

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Scripsit Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. It has come to my attention that the word copyrighted actually seems to be used in the relevant U.S.

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-21 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:56:14PM -0800, Derek Gladding wrote: On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:46 pm, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Given that the first copyright legislation was passed 67 years

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-21 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
Thomas Bushnell, BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement or even a possiblity of registering things for copyright, as I understand it. The OED lists copyright as a

OT: history of copyright (was: Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10)

2002-11-21 Thread Derek Gladding
On Thursday 21 November 2002 01:12 am, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: Thomas Bushnell, BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement or even a possiblity of registering things

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think the OED is on line, but if it is, I'd be grateful for a URL. www.oed.com. Unfortunately, access must be purchased. If you are in a university or other large organization, you can usually convince your library to purchase access if

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-21 Thread John Galt
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: I don't think the OED is on line, but if it is, I'd be grateful for a URL. It is, but it's a rather expensive subscription to actually look up words. Safer to assume that it isn't in mailing-list contexts. Edmund -- * You are not

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement or even a possiblity of registering things for copyright, as I understand it. The OED lists copyright as a

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-20 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:04:54PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement or even a possiblity of registering

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-20 Thread Derek Gladding
On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:46 pm, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Given that the first copyright legislation was passed 67 years before the Declaration of Independence, the claim of historical, USA

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practise, yes. In theory, not copyrighted is nonsense as copyright is not a verb, nor an action that someone applies to the code. From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]: copyright adj : (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work)

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-19 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
I think the point is that copyright as a verb only makes sense in a historical, USA context. Most countries have never had a requirement or even a possiblity of registering things for copyright, as I understand it. Edmund

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-18 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q.1: No copyright, no author name, no license notice! [Frequent in Makefile, header files and simple source files] The licence will be the license in COPYING at the main dir? thus default GNU GPL and only GPL version 2, right? I believe

Re: Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-18 Thread David Turner
Q.6: : /* inflate.c -- Not copyrighted 1992 by Mark Adler : version c10p1, 10 January 1993 */ Not copyrighted == public domain? In practise, yes. In theory, not copyrighted is nonsense as copyright is not a verb, nor an action that someone applies to the code. A court

Linux kernel complete licence check, Q.0 - Q.10

2002-11-16 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I'm doing the complete check of linux kernel licences. I noticed that it doesn't exist any FAQ of our list, althrouth often I saw the same questions! (sometime my stupid questions!) So if nobody else volunters to this task, I whould write one. Thus in this mail I write some