question. what is there to stop someone else from taking someone's unlicensed work, adding their own license to it, and calling it theirs? how do you prove copyright in cases like this?
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adding to what Reinhard Tartler said, it is my understanding that > copyright remains with the author unless they specifically renounce it > (e.g. 'I release this work into the public domain'). What you quoted is > basically that the author has given you permission to distribute a > 64-bit version of the program. He doesn't explicitly extend that to > others and doesn't (appear to) give you permission to alter it further. > Like I said, 'freeware' as it stands right now. > > You should contact the author (the sooner the better!) and discuss what > license they would like their software under. These links might help: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html (see the > chart) > > -- > no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
