Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-10-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
posted mailed Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: Ben Finney wrote: Perhaps the statement should be granting the recipient all rights otherwise reserved to the copyright holder. Maybe it's better to reformulate it as a non-assert instead of a license. There's more than just the exclusive rights.

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-29 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Ben Finney wrote: Perhaps the statement should be granting the recipient all rights otherwise reserved to the copyright holder. Maybe it's better to reformulate it as a non-assert instead of a license. There's more than just the exclusive rights. To the extent permitted by law, the copyright

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-28 Thread Ben Pfaff
Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The standard replacement for this problem is something along the lines of: The author(s) of this script expressly place it in the public domain. In jurisdictions where this is not legally possible, the author(s) place no restrictions on this script's

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 9/28/06, Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about modification and distribution? To be more explicit you could say 'usage, modification, or distribution.' -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-28 Thread Ben Finney
Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 9/28/06, Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about modification and distribution? To be more explicit you could say 'usage, modification, or distribution.' Since, as investigation into copyright laws outside the US has found, even

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 9/26/06, Markus Laire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would just recommend to anyone who wants to PD something to just put a 'No Rights Reserved' license, as it is legally unambiguous and works in pretty much all jurisdictions. Do you have any example of such a 'No Rights Reserved' license? I

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-26 Thread MJ Ray
Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The standard replacement for this problem is something along the lines of: The author(s) of this script expressly place it in the public domain. In jurisdictions where this is not legally possible, the author(s) place no restrictions on this script's

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 9/26/06, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The standard replacement for this problem is something along the lines of: The author(s) of this script expressly place it in the public domain. In jurisdictions where this is not legally possible, the

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-26 Thread Markus Laire
On 9/26/06, Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/26/06, MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Donnellan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The standard replacement for this problem is something along the lines of: The author(s) of this script expressly place it in the public domain. In

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:56:27AM -0700, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: Greetings! I'm fully aware that the opinions stated on this list have no bearing on anything, but I would still like to ask whether anyone here might have any ideas for improving the wording of the following license header:

Re: public domain, take ?$B!g

2006-09-25 Thread luna
On Le Monday 25 September 2006, à 16:21:24, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: What about: The author(s) of this script expressly place it into the public domain. As yet said on this list, this notion of (and the words) public domain is not common to all countries and more where it exists it can be