Re: PDF files and dh_compress
John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> writes:
> Russ Allbery writes:
>> In practice, the rules that say that work done by the government is
>> automatically public domain...
> Work done by US federal government employees on government time is
> effectively public domain. This does _not_ apply to work done by state
> or local government employees. It also does not apply to work done by
> US federal government contractors.
>> ...are undermined by enough special cases that it's best not to rely on
>> them without an explicit statement.
> Could you describe these special cases?
The US federal government contractor one is the one that I'm the most
familiar with, particularly since it has tentacles into a lot of things
that might on the surface appear to be work done by US federal government
employees on government time. Beyond that, if I had more specifics, I
wouldn't tend as strongly towards suggesting caution. :) It's precisely
because the situation in practice seems rather murky that I recommend
being careful.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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