Joe Smith wrote:
> Before 1989 (in the US) lack of a copyright notice on an authorized
publication could cause loss of copyright protection if the work was not
registerd within 5 years, and all future versions be published with a correct
notice. As the earliest known version has no copyright not
"Lionel Elie Mamane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 09:12:37AM +, MJ Ray wrote:
Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There are some murmurings on the Web (e.g.,
http://www.spatula.net/software/sex/ ,
http://packages.gentoo.org/eb
Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> >Many countries have copyright for databases; I think the whole EU has
> >it.
>
> Would a "database" as small as this file be covered? I personally doubt
> it, but I don't know how "database copyrights" are defined generall
Lewis Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray wrote:
> > http://www.spatula.net/software/sex/ says "Original author unknown.
> > Presumably this is public domain by now." Anyone know why they
> > presume that? [...]
>
> Possibly they're thinking it was public-domained when the author posted
>
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 09:12:37AM +, MJ Ray wrote:
> Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> There are some murmurings on the Web (e.g.,
>> http://www.spatula.net/software/sex/ ,
>> http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?sex-1.0 ) from people who believe that
>> it
>> is BSD-licensed, b
MJ Ray wrote:
Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There are some murmurings on the Web (e.g.,
http://www.spatula.net/software/sex/ ,
http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?sex-1.0 ) from people who believe that it
is BSD-licensed, but in truth I have been able to find no license.
http://
Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it's possible that the short strings in this program are
> uncopyrightable since they're so short, and since there is no copyright for
> databases the collection as a group isn't copyrightable either. (Like fortune
> quotes.) But I'm not a law
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 06:26:23PM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
I think it's possible that the short strings in this program are
uncopyrightable since they're so short, and since there is no copyright
for databases the collection as a group isn't
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 06:26:23PM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> I think it's possible that the short strings in this program are
> uncopyrightable since they're so short, and since there is no
> copyright for databases the collection as a group isn't
> copyrightable either.
Many countries have
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