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Re: New 'Public Domain' Licence



On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 12:50:03AM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2005 11:10 pm, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> > Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > > The primary threat is not from the heirs (although that is a threat,
> > > and you don't have control over all your heirs - your parents and
> > > cousins can qualify),
> >
> > If you're worried about your heirs revoking your copyright licences, I
> > suggest talking to the FSF or someone like them; you could make the FSF
> > the heir to your copyrights.
> 
> No, your parents and cousins CANNOT qualify, blood relation is not enough 
> under the statute.  The right of termination flows from you, to your spouse, 
> then to your children, and final to your estate's executor.

Sounds like a US perversion to me. I doubt many places have weird laws
that override normal inheritance law.

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