Jonathan P Tomer writes: > posit: if a work is a product of the us government, it is in the public > domain.
Not true, but ok. > thus, anybody can reuse and relicence it in any way one wishes. No one can relicense anyone else's work, PD or not. > for instance, you could grab any us government produced software and gpl > it (or whatever lese you like) for a debian package. Stick any license on it you wish: the actual license will not change. > if i'm wrong here, and it has to stay in pd or some such, then a > copyright file with "this work is a product of the us government, and as > such is not copyrighted; anyone may use, modify, and distribute it in any > way." should suffice. Leave out the phrase "is not cpoyrighted" and you may be right. > ... ppl might (won't, but in theory might) try to weasel cash from you as > packager / maintainer which could (again, won't, but could) be construed > to imply a warranty. How can you infer a warranty in the absence of a contract? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
