Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 07:50:01 -0500 From: Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: Matthew West <mwest@uct.ac.za>, Adriaan Rossouw <adriaanr@abraxas365.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Daemon Images Message-ID: <3A6D7DF9.6050101@digitaldaemon.com> References: <001101c08484$98e26fe0$956410ac@abraxas365.com> <20010122212136.A31211@apotheosis.org.za> <3A6CD993.12B9C6F0@nisser.com> <3A6D198F.1080708@digitaldaemon.com> <3A6D6A83.CF77C84C@nisser.com>
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--------------020203060203040606080701 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I know all that... The issue is that people can easily copy it because it's on the web... However it would be nice if they were aware of the copyrights issue's and requested permission if they wanted to do something with it. Thanks for looking at it and your apreciation! Jan Roelof Osinga wrote: > Jan Knepper wrote: > >> I think I've got a nice one at http://www.digitaldaemon.com/ >> It's copyrighted though... > > > Yeah. Well. Aren't they all? A copyright is an inalienable right > granted upon creation to the creator (creatress? :). Been awhile > and IANAL but I believe you can only transfer or grant exploit and > distribution rights. E.g. to the company one works for. > > Another aspect is that the prototypical FreeBSD daemon also is > copyrighted. Yet distribution has been granted on certain terms. > > There are also trademark laws, one can trademark an image. Then, > naturally, there satirical uses. And... > > Like with all legal things, it's a mess out there <g>. > > But they are nice drawings, indeed! > > Roelof > --------------020203060203040606080701 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><head></head><body>I know all that...<br> The issue is that people can easily copy it because it's on the web... <br> However it would be nice if they were aware of the copyrights issue's and requested permission if they wanted to do something with it.<br> <br> Thanks for looking at it and your apreciation!<br> <br> Jan<br> <br> <br> <br> Roelof Osinga wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3A6D6A83.CF77C84C@nisser.com"><pre wrap="">Jan Knepper wrote:<br></pre> <blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">I think I've got a nice one at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digitaldaemon.com/">http://www.digitaldaemon.com/</a><br>It's copyrighted though...<br></pre></blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----><br>Yeah. Well. Aren't they all? A copyright is an inalienable right<br>granted upon creation to the creator (creatress? :). Been awhile<br>and IANAL but I believe you can only transfer or grant exploit and<br>distribution rights. E.g. to the company one works for.<br><br>Another aspect is that the prototypical FreeBSD daemon also is<br>copyrighted. Yet distribution has been granted on certain terms.<br><br>There are also trademark laws, one can trademark an image. Then,<br>naturally, there satirical uses. And...<br><br>Like with all legal things, it's a mess out there <g>.<br><br>But they are nice drawings, indeed!<br><br>Roelof<br><br></pre> </blockquote> <br> </body></html> --------------020203060203040606080701-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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