Re: gEDA-dev: Wikipedia entry vs. Windows port

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2-at-NOSPAMcam_dot_ac_dot_uk>]

On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 13:54 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > Personally. I'd be hesitant to see my email address in a public
> > screen-shot, but its not bot-readable, and is defunct as far as I
> > could tell when I tried to contact him.
> 
> I'd at least paint out the domain part.
> 
> > Fine. Or public domain, I'm not fussed.
> 
> Don't put anything in the public domain unless you *want* to let other
> people copyright it themselves and deny you the right to use it.

IANAL, but I thought the point of public domain was that the material
was not copyrightable. Perhaps you're thinking of Patents?

(From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain)

"It is axiomatic that material in the public domain is not protected by
copyright, even when incorporated into a copyrighted work."[5]"

[5] ^ Nimmer, Melville B., and David Nimmer (1997). Nimmer on Copyright,
section 13.03(F)(4). Albany: Matthew Bender.



> 
> _______________________________________________
> geda-dev mailing list
> geda-dev@moria.seul.org
> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



_______________________________________________
geda-dev mailing list
geda-dev@moria.seul.org
http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev