Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org writes:
Public domain is not a license, its meaning depends
on the country you're in. What if that country applies
laws that violate DFSG ?
I think you have to distinguish between two cases.
1.) Someone releases some code that is accompanied with a statement
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, at 07:56 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
In addition, I'd like to note that's what CC0 is for, really. It has
some neat fall-back clauses that trigger in the event a jurisdiction
doesn't allow for public domain works as such, and also releases
database rights[1] which some
* Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org [130201 02:24]:
Does this mean there are cases where the work cannot actually
be placed into the public domain ?
In *most* jurisdictions, it appears to not be possible for a copyright
holder to release their work into the public domain. That's why CC0
Bernhard R. Link brl...@debian.org
(So I'd be suprised if any jurisdiction would translate a
I hereby place this work in the public domain to anything but
either making it public domain where possible or to a full permissive
license).
Sadly, in the public domain has two meanings:
1. the
http://opensource.org/faq#public-domain
http://opensource.org/faq#cc0
Public domain is not a license, its meaning depends
on the country you're in. What if that country applies
laws that violate DFSG ?
Please enlighten me.
Jérémy.
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Jérémy.
Public domain is not a license, its meaning depends
on the country you're in. What if that country applies
laws that violate DFSG ?
Please enlighten me.
Why? Does this affect any software that you're packaging?
Short answer: any software in that country is not free software, but
On 31/01/2013 19:45, MJ Ray wrote:
Jérémy.
Public domain is not a license, its meaning depends
on the country you're in. What if that country applies
laws that violate DFSG ?
Please enlighten me.
Why? Does this affect any software that you're packaging?
Not particularly. Some packages i
Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org writes:
Will you still be uploading to main, if one day it becomes illegal
in your own country ?
Are you taking a poll? Or is there particular interest in MJ Ray's
answer?
What is the actual issue you're addressing with starting this thread?
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On 31/01/2013 23:16, Ben Finney wrote:
Jérémy Lal kapo...@melix.org writes:
Will you still be uploading to main, if one day it becomes illegal
in your own country ?
Are you taking a poll? Or is there particular interest in MJ Ray's
answer?
No.
What is the actual issue you're addressing
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013, Jérémy Lal wrote:
My issue is that i don't understand how public domain is DFSG,
If a work can actually be placed into the public domain, then that
usually means that it has no copyright, and therefore automatically
satisfies the DFSG so long as there is source.
In
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 04:25:21PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013, Jérémy Lal wrote:
My issue is that i don't understand how public domain is DFSG,
If a work can actually be placed into the public domain, then that
usually means that it has no copyright, and therefore
On 01/02/2013 01:25, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013, Jérémy Lal wrote:
My issue is that i don't understand how public domain is DFSG,
If a work can actually be placed into the public domain
Does this mean there are cases where the work cannot actually
be placed into the public
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 02:04:26AM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
On 01/02/2013 01:25, Don Armstrong wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2013, Jérémy Lal wrote:
My issue is that i don't understand how public domain is DFSG,
If a work can actually be placed into the public domain
Does this mean there are
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 02:04:26AM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
To be practical, are these files all right to be listed
as 'public-domain' in debian/copyright :
* without copyright notice
Not public domain. Copyrighted without license. If the author hasn't stated
anything, then the work is
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