Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:43:23 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Bob Johnson <bob89@eng.ufl.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions Question <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Demon license? (copyright myths) Message-ID: <BE2E0257-A5A4-46B4-9CA9-D9E844B4D1B7@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <200507201111.42450.bob89@eng.ufl.edu> References: <200507201111.42450.bob89@eng.ufl.edu>
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On Jul 20, 2005, at 9:11 AM, Bob Johnson wrote: > IANAL either, but in general, a copyright holder has the right to > control > derivative works as well. You can't publish pictures of Mickey > Mouse without > permission of Disney, even if you drew the pictures yourself, and you > (probably) can't publish images of Beastie without Kirk McKusick's > permission. The fact that he is lenient in enforcing his rights > does not > mean that he doesn't have them. > > If someone manages to come up with a daemon image that is obviously > NOT > Beastie, then they won't have to worry about McKusick's copyright, > but since > he is so lenient in granting usage, why bother? > > http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html > > - Bob This would be true if he had invented or come up with Beastie first. Is that how it happened? I was under the impression that he just came up with the most loved form but that previously somewhat similar images had been used for unix/bsd etc. He still has the right to derivatives of his beastie but I would suspect that not-so-similar versions would be OK. But again, IANAL and am not familiar with whole history --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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