Paul Rubin wrote: > Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>It's a draft, but it contains useful information. Also, Larry Rosen's >>book _Open Source Licensing_ is quite helpful (and free!). >> >> http://rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm > > That is the guy who claims it is impossible to release anything into > the public domain, other than by dying and then waiting 70 years. As > far as I can tell, and according to experts like L. Lessig, he is > wrong.
Is that why the CC Public Domain Dedication has the subtitle "Copyright-Only Dedication (based on United States law) or Public Domain Certification"? Lessig isn't sure. E.g. http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001066.shtml > When I wrote Mr. Rosen asking about it, he didn't answer. He's a lawyer. Getting a legal opinion from him costs money. > So > at this point I wouldn't believe anything he says. > > http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html I amend my previous advice: Don't listen schmucks on USENET or the Web when making legal decisions. Hire yourself a competent schmuck. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
