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But why would a license from Bruce Perens be valid? The copyright holder (from the point of view of a foreign country) would be the US government.
by incompatible 7y ago
But why would a license from Bruce Perens be valid? The copyright holder (from the point of view of a foreign country) would be the US government.
- zimpenfish 7y agoIf it's public domain, there is no copyright holder, no? https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/ https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/ > The term “public domain” refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws (my emphasis)
- incompatible 7y agoYes, if it's public domain, there's no copyright holder, and it's impossible (and unnecessary) for anybody to license it. This is about the situation that the US government is not permitted to obtain copyrights for their own work in the US, but there's apparently nothing to stop it being copyrighted in other countries.