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Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option |
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Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:01:33 +0100 (CET) |
> But the FSFology will not make me sign something that is not legal,
> which is admitted by even the FSFE itself [...]
Well, it would probably have no influence to the jurisdiction in
Germany, but it would have a value for the FSF in the US...
> Just in case you're interested in the thing itself: i don't need
> to see my name somewhere, i just want the functionality, and so
> i'm hereby placing the attached patch in the public domain if that
> is possible, therefore donating it to GNU Troff.
You are aware that US `public domain' doesn't exist in Germany, right?
To cite https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinfreiheit:
Nach deutschem und österreichischem Recht ist umstritten, ob ein
Totalverzicht auf das Urheberrecht zugunsten der Allgemeinheit
möglich ist. Die wohl herrschende Meinung schließt dies unter
Berufung auf § 29 UrhG-D bzw. § 19 UrhG-Ö aus. Daher gibt es dort
keine Gemeinfreiheit durch Rechteverzicht wie in den USA, wo auf
alle Rechte verzichtet werden kann und das Public-Domain-Werk den
gleichen Status besitzt wie ein noch nie oder nicht mehr geschütztes
Werk. [...]
Your `public domain' declaration is thus as good as signing the FSF
assignment. :-)
Maybe there is a solution to the problem. To cite
http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html:
If a contributor is reluctant to sign a copyright assignment for a
change, a copyright disclaimer to put the change in the public
domain is acceptable as well.
I'll send you such a disclaimer form – maybe you can accept this.
Werner
- [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Peter Schaffter, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Keith Marshall, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/15
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/03/15
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/15
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/17
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/03/18
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/22
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/25
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/18
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/03/18
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/18
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Peter Schaffter, 2014/03/19
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/03/19
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/03/19
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Peter Schaffter, 2014/03/19
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Peter Schaffter, 2014/03/19
- Re: [Groff] Add --with-doc configuration option, Steffen Nurpmeso, 2014/03/19