From: "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@flameeyes.eu>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Copyright issues (Was: udev-ng?)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:16:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50AA777A.6060400@flameeyes.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGfcS_=wh-edB6-MWT1upH1NOn_L7a9y9dBb8RcsBOnDxQRz_g@mail.gmail.com>
On 19/11/2012 10:06, Rich Freeman wrote:
> So, I give you a file. Then I tell you IN WRITING that you can go
> ahead and remove my name from the copyright line if you want to.
>
> I think it would be hard for me to argue that I should be able to
> obtain damages when I gave you authorization to remove my name.
You're trying to navigate extremely difficult and varying waters.
Remember that under most European copyright laws (under "author's
rights", which includes Germany, France and Italy at the very least),
you can't even have "public domain", as long as you're alive.
Which is why things like WTFPL came up to be.
--
Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes
flameeyes@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/
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[not found] ` <20121117190207.GY83592@gentoo.org>
2012-11-18 3:29 ` [gentoo-dev] udev-ng? (Was: Summary Council meeting Tuesday 13 November 2012) Greg KH
2012-11-18 3:39 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 4:06 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 4:28 ` Robin H. Johnson
2012-11-18 4:31 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 4:36 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 4:28 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 4:26 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 4:38 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 19:25 ` Petteri Räty
2012-11-18 5:08 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 16:35 ` Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)
2012-11-18 16:59 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2012-11-18 23:25 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-19 0:30 ` Matt Turner
2012-11-19 19:40 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 20:08 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 22:27 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-19 23:22 ` Fabio Erculiani
2012-11-19 23:33 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 4:02 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 4:19 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 4:25 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 4:35 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 5:00 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 5:05 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-18 5:13 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 5:20 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-18 5:26 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 5:31 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-18 5:52 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-11-18 5:59 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-18 7:05 ` Doug Goldstein
2012-11-18 7:12 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-18 5:35 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 5:39 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 5:19 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 5:35 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 6:49 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 7:01 ` Doug Goldstein
2012-11-18 7:02 ` Alec Warner
2012-11-18 7:57 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 13:38 ` Kacper Kowalik
2012-11-18 16:14 ` Rafael Goncalves Martins
2012-11-18 16:36 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-18 16:52 ` Rafael Goncalves Martins
2012-11-18 17:32 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-18 17:37 ` Rafael Goncalves Martins
2012-11-18 19:04 ` Rafael Goncalves Martins
2012-11-18 21:20 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-18 23:28 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-18 18:51 ` Peter Stuge
2012-11-23 2:20 ` Donnie Berkholz
2012-11-23 16:32 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 8:06 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-11-18 8:50 ` Matt Turner
2012-11-18 11:14 ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2012-11-18 15:40 ` Duncan
2012-11-18 18:00 ` Peter Stuge
2012-11-18 19:39 ` Duncan
2012-11-18 20:57 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-11-18 9:13 ` [gentoo-dev] " Samuli Suominen
2012-11-18 9:48 ` Pacho Ramos
2012-11-18 10:59 ` Anthony G. Basile
2012-11-18 17:22 ` William Hubbs
2012-11-18 17:38 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-18 11:59 ` Wulf C. Krueger
2012-11-18 7:05 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-18 7:25 ` Matt Turner
2012-11-18 7:51 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-11-19 1:13 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-19 3:11 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 16:47 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-18 7:52 ` Greg KH
2012-11-18 7:54 ` Alec Warner
2012-11-19 1:50 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-19 3:06 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 3:38 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-11-19 3:42 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-19 4:28 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 4:37 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-19 5:16 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-11-19 14:39 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 14:59 ` William Hubbs
2012-11-19 15:40 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 16:08 ` Samuli Suominen
2012-11-23 19:51 ` Joshua Kinard
2012-11-19 16:30 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-19 17:08 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 17:19 ` William Hubbs
2012-11-20 1:08 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-20 15:25 ` Greg KH
2012-11-20 16:28 ` Michael Mol
2012-11-20 19:24 ` Markos Chandras
2012-11-20 19:09 ` Walter Dnes
2012-11-18 9:29 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-11-18 12:06 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 2:58 ` [gentoo-dev] Copyright issues (Was: udev-ng?) Greg KH
2012-11-19 3:29 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 4:30 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 12:03 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 17:06 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 17:12 ` Peter Stuge
2012-11-19 18:06 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 18:16 ` Diego Elio Pettenò [this message]
2012-11-19 22:45 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-19 22:53 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-19 22:56 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 19:36 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 18:23 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2012-11-19 18:35 ` Peter Stuge
2012-11-19 18:44 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 18:50 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-19 18:55 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 19:32 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 4:05 ` Richard Yao
2012-11-19 4:22 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <50A9B3C0.1060202@gentoo.org>
2012-11-19 4:34 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 12:41 ` Anthony G. Basile
2012-11-19 16:10 ` Peter Stuge
2012-11-19 16:33 ` Rich Freeman
2012-11-19 19:20 ` Petteri Räty
2012-11-19 17:02 ` Greg KH
2012-11-19 17:12 ` Diego Elio Pettenò
2012-11-19 19:35 ` Petteri Räty
2012-11-20 9:26 ` [gentoo-dev] Copyright issues Ulrich Mueller
2012-11-20 13:37 ` Anthony G. Basile
2012-11-20 13:40 ` Ian Stakenvicius
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