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Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
From: Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
Date: 09 Jul 2003 17:02:17 -0400
Local: Wed 9 Jul 2003 22:02
Subject: Re: Is Onlisp public domain?
Lars Brinkhoff <lars.s...@nocrew.org> writes: You're right that there isn't a proper notice per se. Documents do > How about the Common Lisp dpANS documents? I was under the impression > that they were released under public domainish terms, but now that I > look, I can't find any copyright notice. exist (but are not on display publicly) that would show that the legal intent was to have placed them into the public domain, even though we botched the final execution of that. A good intellectual property lawyer would tell you that this means the legal status is messy, but what that really means (I believe) is that those who paid for its creation could (hypothetically) have grounds to make a claim that it was encumbered in some way, that is, to assert that they have some right of ownership. But since all of those parties at one time or another signed into this system of contracts identifying that the intent was to make a public domain document, I don't personally think they would succeed. Historically, the community has generally behaved as if they are A lot of the law is about intimidation. Who can intimidate who into But then, I'm not a lawyer. If you plan to make a decision that would You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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