From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: imp@bsdimp.com (M. Warner Losh) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:14:51 -0700 (MST) Subject: [TUHS] Open Sourcing IRIX? In-Reply-To: <200611292004.11077.wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> References: <8dd2d95c0611280517y7644e8f5x9249b1861be6a161@mail.gmail.com> <20061128134120.GB15984@ccil.org> <200611292004.11077.wes.parish@paradise.net.nz> Message-ID: <20061129.001451.-1827343420.imp@bsdimp.com> In message: <200611292004.11077.wes.parish at paradise.net.nz> Wesley Parish writes: : I would say that since the copyrights on the Santa Cruz Operation : Unixware 2.1.3 man pages are Novell's, that Novell actually has the : copyrights. Doing man pages seems to be the role of the source code : maintainer. Ergo, they didn't sell the copyrights, they sold a : business opportunity. Copyright notices don't tell the whole story. They aren't required for new code (and Sys V is mostly new enough, unlike Unix V32) after the Berne enabling legislation. And when they are transferred, the old references aren't magically altered. : groklaw.net has most of the info and analysis. However, in this case, the bulk of the evidence is that Novell retained the copyrights. To transfer a copyright, one must do so specifically, explicitly and in writing. At best there's an implication that Novell is obligated to transfer the copyright, but even that's a stretch. Warner : Wesley Parish : : On Wednesday 29 November 2006 02:41, John Cowan wrote: : > Michael Kerpan scripsit: : > > That would never happen as it's SCO, not Novell, that owns System V : > : > Novell claims otherwise, that SCO is not the copyright owner but : > simply has a license to distribute. : : -- : Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish : ----- : Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? : You ask, what is the most important thing? : Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. : I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. : _______________________________________________ : TUHS mailing list : TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org : https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs : :