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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:46:13 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        licia@o-o.org (Licia)
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Donating Copyrights?
Message-ID:  <199902260646.XAA21837@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902252157390.20493-100000@o-o.org> from "Licia" at Feb 25, 99 09:58:27 pm

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> Hmm, but what if that entity doesn't -want- the copyright, and does not want
> their name/trademarks/etc associated with it? :)  I was asking more about some
> sort of review/permission process :)

It's also a bit hard to make someone hold you harmless, as the author
of the work, from damages resulting from its use, unless it's a
condition of the license.

Also, copyrights have to be held by humans, and assigned to legal
entities, just like patents.  The length of a copyright is 50 years
following the death of the author.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.


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