On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 06:03:00PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> I've changed it into:
>
> Without separate permission, redistributed modified works must (a)
> not claim endorsement of the modified work by the IETF, IESG, IANA,
> IAB, ISOC, RFC Editor, or any similar organization, and (b) remove
> any claims of status as an Internet Standard, for example, by
> removing the RFC boilerplate.
I rather suspect that by the time you've finished editing this
paragraph, it's just going to say:
If no special exceptions have been granted, redistributed modified
works must comply with all applicable laws.
Which is a waste of space, really.
In most countries it is a breach of copyright law to claim that
somebody wrote something when they actually didn't, regardless of
whether you're adding or removing attributions in the process, and you
generally can't license or otherwise sign away that restriction -
otherwise all the media companies would force people to sign contracts
waiving their right to attribution. For example, the relevant part of
US law is this:
"(a) False Copyright Management Information.
No person shall knowingly and with the intent to induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal infringement
(1) provide copyright management information that is false, or
(2) distribute or import for distribution copyright management information that is false."
"(c) Definition.
As used in this section, the term "copyright management
information" means any of the following information
conveyed in connection with copies or phonorecords of a work or
performances or displays of a work, including in digital form,
except that such term does not include any personally
identifying information about a user of a work or of a copy,
phonorecord, performance, or display of a work:
(1) The title and other information identifying the work, including the information set forth on a notice of copyright.
(2) The name of, and other identifying information about, the author of a work.
(3) The name of, and other identifying information about, the copyright owner of the work, including the information set forth in a notice of copyright.
...
(6) Terms and conditions for use of the work.
(7) Identifying numbers or symbols referring to such information or links to such information. "
-- Title 17, Chaper 12, Section 1202
Which appears to be what you're trying to say. Why are you trying to
rewrite the law in a license statement?
Also, since chapter 12 is the DMCA one, when violated for
financial/commercial gain this one is a criminal offense ($500k and/or
5 year jail term limit for the first one). Talk about overkill.
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