Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:58:02 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: does Copyright on source files expire ? Message-ID: <20090326095802.GH56137@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20090325093152.GB85469@zim.MIT.EDU> References: <20090325084722.GC98685@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20090325093152.GB85469@zim.MIT.EDU>
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--OpLPJvDmhXTZE4Lg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Mar-25 05:31:52 -0400, David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> wrote: >In the US, the rule that applies most of the time is that >Copyright expires 70 years after the author dies, although there >are many special cases where the term differs. And the '70' gets regularly extended following pressure from the big content owners. As a rule of thumb, you can expect (eg) 'Mickey Mouse' to never be released from Copyright. --=20 Peter Jeremy --OpLPJvDmhXTZE4Lg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknLUaoACgkQ/opHv/APuIeGNQCfZWXFdfZPozF0P1bZMcm0TRsw rnwAni624ziDRkGS96EcHEzpWhxYLEUn =YhIk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OpLPJvDmhXTZE4Lg--
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