From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA05094; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:55:35 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA29274 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:55:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-09.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.41]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h8NNsdH10206 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:54:41 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 18183 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2003 23:53:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO xerxes.wibble.net) (203.217.24.85) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 23 Sep 2003 23:53:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xerxes.wibble.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085354D2B5; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:29:59 +1000 (EST) From: Michael Beach To: "Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla" , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] A plea for clear licenses Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:29:58 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <200309171517.RAA32651@pauillac.inria.fr> <3F6FE819.1070004@bik-gmbh.de> <20030923231712.GB5424@imperium.ph> In-Reply-To: <20030923231712.GB5424@imperium.ph> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309240929.58847.michaelb@ieee.org> X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 plea:01 rafael:01 'dido':01 florian:01 hars:01 florian:01 hars:01 bug:01 faq:01 faq:01 beginner's:01 beginners:01 bin:01 caml-bugs:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:17 am, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:28:41AM +0200, Florian Hars wrote: > > skaller wrote: > > >On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 00:48, Florian Hars wrote: > > >>Using anything else will just add to the confusion > > > > > >What's wrong with plain old 'public domain'? > > > > In many parts of the world, including most of europe where many ocaml > > users live, about the only way for an author to release something he has > > written into the public domain is to have died seventy years ago. This > > may cause a significant slowdown of the development of a library. > > Really? An author may not *voluntarily* release his or her own work into Yes really. I've seen exactly the same issue come up on other mailing lists. An example of such a jurisdiction (so I am told) is Germany. > the public domain? I don't see how that may be so. It is certainly not > true under US copyright law, nor is it the doctrine of the Berne > Convention. I was under the impression that possession of the copyright > to a particular work implies you also have the full and unlimited power > to license your work as you see fit. > > ------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: > http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: > http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Regards M.Beach ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners