From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 20 23:55:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ro.com (sh1.ro.com [205.216.92.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF24214C1B for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:55:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (tnt1-97-17.ro.com [208.134.97.17]) by ro.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/RO-1.01) with ESMTP id BAA19397 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 01:55:31 -0500 Message-ID: <37E72BD2.EBA75366@airnet.net> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 01:55:14 -0500 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Non Illegitemus Carborundum. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL References: <199909202300.TAA36367@lakes.dignus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > :Will you be assigning the copyright to the FSF? (ie: you'll never be able > > :to change your mind? 50 years is a long time...) > > > > 70 now I believe. Changed to be compatible with the euros, who are all 70 > > years apparently. > > If I understand things correctly, there will soon be legislation > introduced to increase that time. > > Apparently, some companies, particularly Disney - were the big > backers of the move to 70 years (to protect Mickey, et al) But, > I've been lead to believe that the music and film industry has > been pushing quite hard to increase that number... I'm sure they aren't the only ones. After all, Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" is sold for $10 a pop, mostly just because high school teachers require it. 8-/ -- Kris Kirby ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message