As far as I know PD was not ported to NZ, or Australia, or Canada. The equivalent might be "Property of the Crown" but the Common Wealth of the Crown has been eroded some.
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Chris Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sadly, "Public Domain" which is the least restrictive license used in the >> United States is not a license that is used in many other countries. > > > Thats interesting, do you have more info about which countries arent using > it? > > Warm Regards > Chris Harvey > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I suggest all contributions (and links from Wikieductor) be to content >> that is licensed CC By, or CC By SA or equivalent. Sadly, "Public Domain" >> which is the least restrictive license used in the United States is not a >> license that is used in many other countries (unless of course the USA wins >> its trade driven imperialism)... Nothing with restrictions beyond CC By or >> CC By SA should be loaded to Wikieducator. >> >> As for your paper Nadia, if you signed a release of your copyrights to >> those publishers, then you cannot load to Wikied. If you did not sign a >> release, then you still own the rights to your paper and can do with it what >> you like. You can even serve the publishers a Cease and Desist letter, >> asking them to make it open access and freely available or face legal action >> from you.. that is until YOU release it under CC By or CC By SA at which >> point they can sell and restrict access to their copy so long as they >> attribute you as the original author. >> >> Regards >> Leigh >> >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Nadia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> So what do you suggest contributions should be labelled as? >>> It is interesting to know what others think. It was just with my >>> previous experience with Elsevier where they still charge for my paper >>> to be read on-line therefore restriction access to others was not my >>> intention. >>> Can I download it on WE? >>> Thanks >>> Nadia >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Leigh Blackall >> +64(0)21736539 >> skype - leigh_blackall >> SL - Leroy Goalpost >> http://learnonline.wordpress.com >> >> > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
