An editing error on my part: I meant to say "at common law" somewhere in
that sentence, though the careful distinction between landed ("real")
property and other property would be a giveaway to the knowledgeable.
On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:41 PM Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> John Cowan dixit:
>
> >b
John Cowan dixit:
>but in general any property (except land) can be abandoned by any overt act
Maybe in America, but not in Europe.
Public Domain is the absence of copyright protection, and a licence
only works when there is copyright protection. In at least some
countries it’s not permitted to
The Copyright Act makes no specific provision for copyright abandonment,
but in general any property (except land) can be abandoned by any overt act
indicating an intention to give up the rights. I can't find any copyright
case on point, but National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications,
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On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 10:55 AM Martin L via License-discuss
wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had links/knowledge about licenses which,
> after X amount of time (say, 10 years), release the code into the public
> domain?
copyleft-next
(https://github.com/copyleft-next/copyleft-n
On 22/11/2019 21:01, Martin L via License-discuss wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had links/knowledge about licenses which,
after X amount of time (say, 10 years), release the code into the public
domain?
My understanding is that, even in the USA, it is an open question as to
whether you can
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone had links/knowledge about licenses which,
after X amount of time (say, 10 years), release the code into the public
domain?
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To clarify why I'd want this, there are two reasons. The first reason is
that, as someone who'd like copyright lengths to be reduced, it
