On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 08:15:15PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > a work that is public domain has no copyright. a work that has no
> > copyright is public domain.
> And nothing you do can change that.
Okay, this is getting pointless.
If anyone has references to statutes, judgements or other info
Craig Sanders writes:
> copyright which is unable to be legally enforced, which is
> constitutionally invalid, is the same as no copyright.
US Goverment copyrights are not constitutionally invalid. They are
unenforceable under US law by statute. Congress could alter that at any
time. I also see
Craig Sanders writes:
> "anything" includes the action of re-licensing. i.e. he is explicitly
> allowed to re-license it under whatever terms he chooses.
Only original creative work is copyrighted. If all you have is a copy you
have nothing to license.
> similarly, if some company bought the dat
On Tue, Feb 16, 1999 at 11:08:17PM +, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT
> >
> > that's why it is called "public domain".
> >
> > the fact that there is no copyright means that you can do ANYTHING you
> > want with public domain stuff,
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