Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:14:35 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> Subject: Re: Drop of portindex Message-ID: <200409151814.50243.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <20040914042027.GA2453@hub.freebsd.org> References: <BD6B5CF7.961B%tomonage2@gmx.de> <6.1.2.0.2.20040914140834.0264fd60@mail.nerdshack.com> <20040914042027.GA2453@hub.freebsd.org>
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--nextPart9867938.dvs97336WR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 14 September 2004 06:20, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 02:16:22PM +1000, Rob B wrote: > > I would say, from reading the pr, and the fact that there is no licence > > specified, that the author has released it into the public domain - as > > well as relinquishing copyright. Since the licence on this version has > > either been changed or not specified, anyone could possibly pick up the > > project. > > No, that's not how it works. If no rights are granted to you by the > author, you have no rights to his property, including the right to > redistribute. I am no lawyer, but it seems to me that fair use applies and (every) former= =20 user of this work is allowed to (at least) create a derivative work and=20 release it (under own copyright) to the public as the original work is "out= =20 of print or otherwise unavailable". Hope somebody with a law course can jump in with some details and deeper=20 understanding. [ By no means do I intend to mess with Radim's "spiritual life"! ] =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart9867938.dvs97336WR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBSGp6XyyEoT62BG0RAsV3AJ941PiQAtbtJvZtMtB36TKg21UkbACfeWe1 6W80u/76BMq+x5zEMS3z/Qk= =nQkE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9867938.dvs97336WR--
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