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Re: May be non-copyrighted documment included in main?



MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> writes:

> Petr Gajdusek <gajdusek.petr@centrum.cz> wrote:
>> The only notice in the documment says:
>> "This publication is not copyrighted. One can copy it and use any part
>> of it with mentioning the source. Publishers ask only for information
>> about it."
>> 
>> Is this sufficient to include publication in main section?
>
> It may depend where it's from: copyright is automatic in
> many countries.
>
> As such, the permission granted to copy it and use any part with
> attribution is needed and might be sufficient, but it looks like
> it deliberately discriminates against publishers. I don't think
> it follows DFSG 1 or 6.

It says something about publishers, but exactly what it's supposed to
mean is beyond me.

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Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com



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