Re: NEC Licence (Work of US Gov. Employees)
Jonathan P Tomer writes:
> posit: if a work is a product of the us government, it is in the public
> domain.
Not true, but ok.
> thus, anybody can reuse and relicence it in any way one wishes.
No one can relicense anyone else's work, PD or not.
> for instance, you could grab any us government produced software and gpl
> it (or whatever lese you like) for a debian package.
Stick any license on it you wish: the actual license will not change.
> if i'm wrong here, and it has to stay in pd or some such, then a
> copyright file with "this work is a product of the us government, and as
> such is not copyrighted; anyone may use, modify, and distribute it in any
> way." should suffice.
Leave out the phrase "is not cpoyrighted" and you may be right.
> ... ppl might (won't, but in theory might) try to weasel cash from you as
> packager / maintainer which could (again, won't, but could) be construed
> to imply a warranty.
How can you infer a warranty in the absence of a contract?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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