[6285] in Kerberos
Re: Kerberized telnet for MS-Windows - get it here!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Soren Roug)
Tue Nov 28 04:09:20 1995
To: kerberos@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 08:30:27 GMT
From: smr@dc.dk (Soren Roug)
jik@jik.datasrv.co.il (Jonathan Kamens) wrote:
>In that case, it isn't public domain.
>I realize that this isn't directly related to comp.protocols.kerberos, but I
>think it's important to point out errors like this when they are made.
>"Public domain" means NO copyright. NO conditions. NO rules. "You can do
>with it whatever you want. You can sell it. You can call it your own
>work. You can line the bottom of your bird cage with it." If it's controlled
>by the MIT copyright, then it's not public domain.
I was refering to the European semantics of the term Public Domain, in
which you can't waive your "Moral rights", which basically means that
the originator of a work has to be credited.
I recently realized that it is different in the US. Eg. Since Laurel &
Hardy created their works while working for a motion picture company,
they did not retain any rights over the works, and thus can't oppose
the colourisation of their films. In Europe it's different; One can't
tamper with a work without the consent of the producer - and the
original ownership of a work can't be transferred. This means that we
as europeans can't publish the wintel program and take credit for it,
even if MIT *had* put in Public Domain.
Soren Roug
