Re: Design principles and ethics

[Pierre THIERRY]

Scribit Bas Wijnen dies 05/05/2006 hora 10:08:
> > People couldn't abuse copyright with texts placed in the public
> > domain, because it is in the public domain.
> Of course they can.  If I publish a book and place it in the public
> domain, others may copy it, add or modify it a bit (or not), and use
> copyright to protect "their" creation, which mostly consists of my
> work.

I'm pretty sure it is impossible to have copyright on a work on public
domain. Maybe on the part that is added to it, but not on it itself.

Doubtfully,
Nowhere man
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