robin_v@bigpond.com wrote at Tue, 08 May 2001 10:45:14 -1000:
> > > Who wrote the FAQ? If it was written collectively by the
> > > members of the group, that's one thing, but if the previous
> > > maintainer wrote most of it herself, it's really her
> > > intellectual property, and posting it without her consent isn't
> > > exactly kosher. (At least to me.)
>
> Unless there was a copyright notice attached to it, posting it
> makes it public property.
Robin, I think you will find that many of us will disagree with you.
Somebody earlier in this thread has already cited:
http://www.rexx.com/~jaguar/copyright.html
Specifically:
"I just created something wonderful - how do I copyright it?"
http://www.rexx.com/~jaguar/copyright.html#4
"Berne Convention? What's that?"
http://www.rexx.com/~jaguar/copyright.html#5
See also:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/law/copyright/myths/part1/
--
Ping Huang <pshuang@alum.mit.edu>; info: http://web.mit.edu/pshuang/.plan
Disclaimer: unless explicitly otherwise stated, my
statements represent my personal viewpoints only.
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