From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 6 19:24: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BB4537B719 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:24:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14aUYK-000Fq2-00; Wed, 07 Mar 2001 03:23:52 +0000 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 03:23:52 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <20010307032352.R412@hand.dotat.at> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306174928.00d45220@localhost> <200103070148.SAA06002@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200103070148.SAA06002@usr05.primenet.com> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: > >Authors do not have moral rights Yes they do: "moral rights" is the terminology used in copyright law, where it means "Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to {legal} or {demonstrable}; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty" (Webster's), the point being that the legal rights are derived from underlying moral rights. This terminology doesn't seem to be used in US law, although it is used in the Berne Convention, and British, Australian, and Canadian copyright law, and probably many others. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at TRAFALGAR: SOUTHWEST VEERING WEST 4 OR 5, OCCASIONALLY 6. THUNDERY SHOWERS. GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message