From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA01532; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:14:54 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA04780 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:14:53 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from intmail.imperium.ph ([202.175.240.154]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h8NNEo501764 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:14:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from morgoth.imperium.ph (unknown [192.168.1.35]) by intmail.imperium.ph (Postfix) with SMTP id 65F7046AB8 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:14:45 +0800 (PHT) Received: by morgoth.imperium.ph (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:17:12 +0800 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:17:12 +0800 From: "Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla" To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] A plea for clear licenses Message-ID: <20030923231712.GB5424@imperium.ph> References: <200309171517.RAA32651@pauillac.inria.fr> <3F6B1728.3010903@bik-gmbh.de> <1064083374.2679.16.camel@pelican> <3F6FE819.1070004@bik-gmbh.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F6FE819.1070004@bik-gmbh.de> X-Operating-System: Linux morgoth 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; rafael:01 'dido':01 dido:01 caml-list:01 plea:01 florian:01 hars:01 florian:01 hars:01 ocaml:01 0200,:01 sep:01 her:97 wrote:03 wrote:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:28:41AM +0200, Florian Hars wrote: > skaller wrote: > >On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 00:48, Florian Hars wrote: > >>Using anything else will just add to the confusion > >What's wrong with plain old 'public domain'? > > In many parts of the world, including most of europe where many ocaml > users live, about the only way for an author to release something he has > written into the public domain is to have died seventy years ago. This > may cause a significant slowdown of the development of a library. > Really? An author may not *voluntarily* release his or her own work into the public domain? I don't see how that may be so. It is certainly not true under US copyright law, nor is it the doctrine of the Berne Convention. I was under the impression that possession of the copyright to a particular work implies you also have the full and unlimited power to license your work as you see fit. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners