Re: Possible licence problem with FCCexam package

To: debian-hams@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Possible licence problem with FCCexam package
From: Colin Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org>
Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 20:36:35 +0100
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On 08/05/15 20:05, Dennis Boone wrote:

> 1. The _ham_ question pools are developed by the NCVEC, not the FCC.

Exactly, and they are clearly marked as "Public Domain" which is why my
original email said that hamexam was okay.

> 2. US copyright law states that works by the US Government are not
> elegible for copyright protection.

But does that allow people outside the US Government to *distribute* them.

Colin

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