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From: Arne Vajhøj on 30 May 2010 23:02
On 30-05-2010 11:15, Lew wrote:
> Whether it's true or relevant that a "large fraction of open source
> people do not believe in patents, so they only have copyright [to
> protect their interests]" is debatable,

Obviously it is.

But there are lots of examples of it.

A couple of very high profile open source personalities:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-mec-india.html

http://news.techworld.com/applications/3059/torvalds-joins-in-anti-patent-attack/

Arne
From: Thomas Pornin on 31 May 2010 08:13
According to Arne Vajh�j <arne(a)vajhoej.dk>:
> It is perfectly legal to put code in public domain.

It depends on the country. Under French law, the only legal way to put
code in public domain is to die, then wait for 70 years.


--Thomas Pornin
From: Arne Vajhøj on 31 May 2010 10:33
On 31-05-2010 08:13, Thomas Pornin wrote:
> According to Arne Vajh�j<arne(a)vajhoej.dk>:
>> It is perfectly legal to put code in public domain.
>
> It depends on the country. Under French law, the only legal way to put
> code in public domain is to die, then wait for 70 years.

I don't know french law.

Some software are put in public domain.

Example:
http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html

Arne
From: David Lamb on 31 May 2010 12:03
On 31/05/2010 6:37 AM, ClassCastException wrote:
> Anyone who clings to a theory despite a growing weight of contrary
> evidence has ceased to practice science and has become a pseudoscientific
> quack at best and a religious nut at worst.

I know nothing about the particular studies in question, but a non-quack
could object to the methodology used to carry out the study or the
assumptions on which it was based. Not really an objection; just
feeling contrarian today.
From: David Lamb on 31 May 2010 12:08
On 31/05/2010 5:55 AM, Bent C Dalager wrote:
> I do not see that there is any way for an author to put his work into
> the public domain. He might write "this work is in the public domain"
> on the front page of course but it is not clear that this holds any
> legal weight at all and indeed my own country says you still keep
> certain inalienable copyright privileges over it.

What country is that?

It has been a long time since I looked at anything even semi-official,
but once upon a time, under the national laws of the USA and Canada, the
originator could certainly declare "this work is in the public domain."
I don't think we used to have any inalienable privileges, and would be
delighted to find out we now do.
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