On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 04:25:21PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 01 Feb 2013, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > My issue is that i don't understand how public domain is DFSG, > > If a work can actually be placed into the public domain, then that > usually means that it has no copyright, and therefore automatically > satisfies the DFSG so long as there is source. > > In countries where this isn't the case,[1] then it may not, but Debian > has never claimed to be able to work around all countries broken legal > systems. > > Beyond that, I'm afraid I'm unable to follow what you're asking for, > exactly. > > > Don Armstrong In addition, I'd like to note that's what CC0 is for, really. It has some neat fall-back clauses that trigger in the event a jurisdiction doesn't allow for public domain works as such, and also releases database rights[1] which some other public domain dedications may not :) > > -- > Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or > daring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But > the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer > to achieve immortality by not dying. > -- Terry Pratchet _The Color of Magic_ > > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: 20130201002521.GN30182@teltox.donarmstrong.com">http://lists.debian.org/20130201002521.GN30182@teltox.donarmstrong.com > Cheers, Paul [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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