Not entirely correct. As I pointed out in the other thread, not all
countries have the concept of transferrable copyright. Therefor, a
note should be added that explicitly states that everyone is free to
use it without permission, fees etc. Much like a BSD or MIT license,
but without the additional conditions of preserving copyright notices.
David
Am 21.12.2007 um 14:29 schrieb Martin Alterisio:
No, public domain isn't recognized by copyright law as a copyright
notice.
An extra line should be added that says something like "no copyright
is
claimed", and attach a year range where the copyright is in effect
(since
copyright expires, if I remember correctly). Anyway, the keyword
here is
"copyright", which is recognized internationally (which means you
should use
this word even if writing the copyright notice in another language).
Without a copyright notice, the code isn't apt for distribution. The
author
could claim that he did not give his consent for public distribution
and
that the code was an in-house development. Anyway, it's too
complicate and I
understand very little. To get the real facts here, you should talk
to your
lawyer.
2007/12/21, Alexey Zakhlestin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
isn't "public domain" specific enough?
On 12/21/07, Martin Alterisio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2007/12/20, Stanislav Malyshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Attached is a quick patch for PHP 5.2.5 that replaces RSA's
copyrighted
implementation of MD5 with my public domain one:
http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/popa3d/popa3d/md5/
Tried that one and it is about 30% faster indeed (on md5-only
benchmark,
32-bit Linux on AMD Opteron. Anybody objects to accepting this?
Just one, but is a mere formality. I didn't see any copyright
notice on
the
code nor a licensing document attached. I have not much of the legal
mumbo-jumbo comprehension, so, correct me if I'm wrong, shouldn't
external
code that's to be included in the php codebase meet these legal
formalities
so it doesn't become a liability?
That's all.
Best Regards,
Martin Alterisio
PS: Does anyone knows if using a nickname for authorship is
considered
legally valid? I believe it might be valid, think about writers
that use
such pseudonyms, but I'm not sure...
--
Alexey Zakhlestin
http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/
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