From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c887193050c097ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-11 08:30:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C67F04B.472632A@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Problem with GNAT modified GPL and SourceForge References: <3C625604.1C948A06@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:25:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1013444735 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:25:35 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:25:35 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19869 Date: 2002-02-11T16:25:35+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > Everywhere from a US point of view, maybe, I don't know. But over > here, the originator (need to talk about them too) of a work is > always a human beeing and can in a sense be held responsible for > what he or she has created. "Responsibility" has to be defined > but this doesn't change the fact that you have to be careful > here when you talk about your software being in the public domain. As the OP said, "public domain" means "entirely free of copyright and licensing restrictions". It doesn't mean "entirely free to use in every way without anyone having responsibility." Indeed, many pieces of software that would otherwise be PD are released under a license that says basically "you may use this only if you don't sue us." If a country puts restrictions on a work such that it cannot be entirely free of copyright and licensing restrictions, then that country is simply saying that nothing is public domain as far as they're concerned. Consider - I can put a letter that threatens to assassinate the president (Hi, FBI!) into the public domain. You may copy it and do with it whatever you want. That doesn't mean it's legal for me or you to mail such a thing to the president. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. The opposite of always is sometimes. The opposite of never is sometimes.