From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81C13139694 for ; Fri, 5 May 2017 18:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE7A4E0DD0; Fri, 5 May 2017 18:38:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1.obsidian-studios.com (mail.obsidian-studios.com [173.230.135.215]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52DB3E0822 for ; Fri, 5 May 2017 18:38:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 2337 invoked from network); 5 May 2017 18:38:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO assp1.obsidian-studios.com) (wlt-ml@::ffff:127.0.0.1) by ::ffff:127.0.0.1 with ESMTPA; 5 May 2017 18:38:10 -0000 X-Assp-Version: 2.5.5(17073) on assp1.obsidian-studios.com X-Assp-ID: assp1.obsidian-studios.com m1-09490-17896 X-Assp-Session: 37D7E1C0F28 (mail 1) X-Assp-Envelope-From: wlt-ml@o-sinc.com X-Assp-Intended-For: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Assp-Server-TLS: yes Received: from unknown ([fdbe:bad:a55:0:1::211] helo=localhost) by assp1.obsidian-studios.com with SMTPSA(TLSv1_2 ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256) (2.5.5); 5 May 2017 14:38:09 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 14:38:09 -0400 From: "William L. Thomson Jr." To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] OT Copyright -> meson.eclass third draft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20170505143117.13b54da3@o-sinc.com> References: <20170505153543.GA2377@linux1> <1494003341.2028.6.camel@gentoo.org> <20170505143117.13b54da3@o-sinc.com> Organization: Obsidian-Studios, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/5Ba0kaH_cxzit12TZiT9ysg"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: d2d3016a-2341-4360-8447-27e9963bbac4 X-Archives-Hash: 378d8df4e92f70fb176ada3c17a4e2c6 --Sig_/5Ba0kaH_cxzit12TZiT9ysg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 5 May 2017 14:31:17 -0400 "William L. Thomson Jr." wrote: > On Fri, 5 May 2017 18:20:43 +0000 > Erik N=C3=A4rstr=C3=B6m wrote: >=20 > > I'snt copyright deth of author +70yrs? =20 >=20 > Yes for work that is copyright to say you or me. Something copyright > to an immortal entity I believe is different. Even if Gentoo ended, > not sure that is the same as a person dying. We essential give up our > copyright when you put Gentoo's copyright on there. I think it would > have to include a persons name for the death term to apply. >=20 > I believe 95-120 years is the duration.=20 > https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf >=20 That is for the United States, not the world. Seems most others go with the author aspect. But I am not sure how that carries over to entities. At least in the US, this stuff that is copyright Gentoo is bound to those terms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term OT.... Corporate personhood is one of the most contentious things in the US. IMHO it was the reason for the civil war not slavery etc. If it was slavery no need for civil rights. It was about coporate personhood.=20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood This amendment, super abstract. Not sure software exists this abstract in nature.... "As a matter of interpretation of the word "person" in the Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. courts have extended certain constitutional protections to corporations. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con= stitution --=20 William L. Thomson Jr. --Sig_/5Ba0kaH_cxzit12TZiT9ysg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQTEeldqZjmVut8bVHJNcbKkg6ozUAUCWQzGkQAKCRBNcbKkg6oz UEsgAJ92pJJqcPgvLH2rcLkp7D9DnRx9pwCfb0jLFEcxnGz/B3U6yCFmo2MN04U= =BjEy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/5Ba0kaH_cxzit12TZiT9ysg--