On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 1:13 AM, VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO < vt...@c3sl.ufpr.br> wrote:
> > > > Now this is interesting... > > > > Does anything supersede Copyright Law? > > > > What if I release my work as Anonymous with > > no text in regards to licensing? > > > > Does anyone wanting to use that work in OpenBSD > > actually have to track down who "Anonymous" was? > > Does the code become useless if its ownership > > cannot be transferred? In other words.. is there no > > such thing as genuine "public domain"? > > > > > > I don't know for certain, but I believe that in the United States > a work whithout copyright notices goes to the public domain after > 25 years. > I know the material Disney was protecting in 1999-2000 was only protected for 50 years, and old (outdated) versions of The Mouse were about to hit public domain. They played a large hand, along with Time Warner, for the acceptance of the DMCA. I believe this New Millennium law pushes it out to 100 years.. Shucks.. I really wanted to get a legal Steamboat Willy tattoo. Guess I'll have to pay for the knock-off.
