From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#19479: Copyright issue Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:29:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87zj9sm0q8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <1s36JQvcdkW4qq4Xkzun5CT6LeDiZZWuaTNWhNiTLcd@local> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1420817427 15021 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2015 15:30:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:30:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kelly Dean , emacs-devel@gnu.org, assign@gnu.org, 19479@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 09 16:30:22 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bVL-0004bM-8v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:29:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51084 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bVK-00047R-LS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:29:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42031) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bVC-0003zE-KQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:29:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bV7-0006Ga-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:29:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bV7-0006GV-L3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:29:25 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56904 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y9bV1-00018E-Rd; Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:29:20 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 417A5E0BE1; Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:29:19 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:17:52 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181102 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> 1. My code is PD. (In case the FSF disputes this fact, I'm attaching >> a signed document to establish it.) > > It can't be PD. You're simply confused about it. It will only be PD > 75 years after your death (or something like that). If I remember correctly, if he is living in the U.S.A. and registers a specific work with the U.S. copyright office as being released by him into the public domain, then the work will indeed be in the public domain within the U.S.A. We need to bother with more than the U.S.A., however, and one can only register specific works which means it is not possible to register them before they are even created. -- David Kastrup