discuss: [Debian removes free documentation / technical aspects]
Subject:
Re: [discuss] [Debian removes free documentation / technical aspects]
From:
Jean-Christophe Helary ####@####.####
Date:
16 Apr 2006 13:53:00 -0000
Message-Id: <524E4C87-BEE8-4618-9966-C90803DBA286@mx6.tiki.ne.jp>
On 2006/04/16, at 21:27, Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Sunday 16 April 2006 01:07 am, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
>> A licence cannot grant rights not allowed by copyright law.
>
> I'm almost certain it can. The one exception in some countries
> other than the
> US might be the authors "moral" right of authorship (is that how
> that's
> phrased), which, iiuc, in those countries cannot be transferred
> from the
> author under any circumstances.
I suppose that is possible in area where copyright laws are not
existant or not strong. But:
>> Those are two different realms.
Also means that the "copyright" side is here to grant the _author_
some rights while the licence is here for the _author_ to grant the
_user_ some rights.
Whether such rights are overlapping or not is a different issue.
Which is also the reason why licencing can only exist within
copyright law.
Also, I am not a lawyer, only a person who has been involved as part
of a dvp team in copyright/gpl issues.
Jean-Christophe Helary
