Peter,
Thanks for this. I have to tell you that you are really onto an
interesting point. I am not a lawyer, but I believe that there are some
legal points here that are probably unprecedented.
I believe this particularly because the GPL has not been interpreted on
any of these topics by a
Peter Fairbrother scripsit:
> Does the author actually "lose" copyright by abandonment? Lose ownership?
> Lose the copyright itself? If so, what happens to it? Copyright exists by
> statute until expiry, so afaict it can't just "disappear".
>
> Copyright is a legal, as opposed to a natural or equ
Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Peter Fairbrother ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>> I totally agree with both of you - I'm trying to convince some people,
>> including DJ Bernstein, _not_ to use abandonment, but to use a 2-clause BSD
>> licence instead.
>
> In the case of Prof. Bernstein, he's made very clea
> 1) can Alice can regain ownership of the right?
>
> What about 1)? How could Alice go about it??
Regain ownership? What do you mean by that? Have her name inscribed on
a rock somewhere? Or regain her authority and dominion over a work that
she previously abandoned so that she can prevent peo
Why on earth would you risk "abandonment" given the uncertainties you
highlighted, when you can get as much or more benefit by simply
licensing your work under an open source license? Your questions are
interesting; perhaps someone will want to write a law review article
about the topic. But in t
I wrote:
> Does the author actually "lose" copyright by abandonment? Lose ownership?
> Lose the copyright itself? If so, what happens to it? Copyright exists by
> statute until expiry, so afaict it can't just "disappear".
>
> Copyright is a legal, as opposed to a natural or equitable right, and
Sorry to ~top-post, and not trim - but I think it's worthwhile in this case.
Mike Haisley wrote:
> I agree, placing it under an open source license is a much better
> alternative, "public domain" is really risky, the only time I have been
> able to find court evidence supporting "public domain" i
Quoting Peter Fairbrother ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I suppose that that's up to him; and I'd applaud his efforts to expand
> licencing concepts, if that's what they are - but he's advising some
> ok+ crypto coders to use abandonment, and I wouldn't like them to come
> to grief. Or me.
Well, {cough}
This Message is NOT Legal Advice.
-Original Message-
From: Lawrence E. Rosen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:57 PM
To: 'Peter Fairbrother'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Can abandonment be irrevocable?
Why on earth would you risk "aband
John Cowan wrote:
> Peter Fairbrother scripsit:
>
>> Does the author actually "lose" copyright by abandonment? Lose ownership?
>> Lose the copyright itself? If so, what happens to it? Copyright exists by
>> statute until expiry, so afaict it can't just "disappear".
>>
>> Copyright is a legal, as
Lawrence E. Rosen wrote:
>> 1) can Alice can regain ownership of the right?
>>
>> What about 1)? How could Alice go about it??
>
> Regain ownership? What do you mean by that? Have her name inscribed on
> a rock somewhere? Or regain her authority and dominion over a work that
> she previously
Quoting Peter Fairbrother ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I totally agree with both of you - I'm trying to convince some people,
> including DJ Bernstein, _not_ to use abandonment, but to use a 2-clause BSD
> licence instead.
In the case of Prof. Bernstein, he's made very clear that he simply
doesn't like
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