Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:40:36 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: GPL for govt funded/developed projects ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106090036500.17565-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010608223046.00b6f6e0@localhost>
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Brett Glass wrote: : :Probably. If the law says that something has to be in :the public domain, than any attempt to apply another :license to it is just invalid. The law says no such thing about works produced under contract for the US government. Stuff produced *directly* by the US federal government or its employees is public domain, stuff produced *for* the US government need not be. That's a huge, very important, and widely misunderstood difference. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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