Please excuse the thread necromancy. Hopefully it's better to demonstrate that I've searched the archives than not :-)
Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [regarding an attempt to formulate a generally-applicable copyright > declaration achieving the effect of public domain] > > "The author of this script hereby grants irrevocable permission to > any party who may have access to it to treat it as though it were a > work to which any and all copyrights have expired." > > I think that would be an improvement. For works that are not a “script”, or that have copyright holders who are not an “author”, would this be a further improvement: The copyright holder of this work hereby grants irrevocable permission to any party who may have access to it to threat it as though it were a work to which any and all copyrights have expired. -- \ “My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare | `\ the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to | _o__) get out of my yard or I'll throw it at them.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]