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According to http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Accts/TS/Wb2/TempleOS.html http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Accts/TS/Wb2/TempleOS.html, it's public domain. There shouldn't be

According to http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Accts/TS/Wb2/TempleOS.html http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Accts/TS/Wb2/TempleOS.html, it's public domain. There shouldn't be any licensing troubles, at least. TempleOS is an x86_64, multi-tasking, multi-cored, public domain, open source, ring-0-only, single-address-map (identity-mapped), non networked, PC operating system for recreational programming.

sillysaurus3 12y ago
Aha, there it is. Thank you! I wish there was a way to simply ask Terry if he'd have a problem with someone adding networking support. Does anyone know if he responds to email?
- jacobparker 12y ago
  He has for me before.
- asiekierka 12y ago
  He does.
masklinn 12y ago
> There shouldn't be any licensing troubles, at least. Under many (if not most) jurisdictions it's not possible to put things in the public domain, and saying you do so without providing an actual license is the same as not doing anything (aka "All Rights Reserved", the restrictive default). Even in the US, the idea of putting things in the public domain (rather than it falling into the public domain) is a bit iffy and AFAIK has never been tested in court.
- dpkendal 12y ago
  Provably false. http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html
  - clarry 12y ago
    It'd be nice if djb could back up what he says about waiving copyright in Europe.
  - ldng 12y ago
    In french and french derived copyright law, you can not resign all you rigths. "The moral rights are inalienable, perpetual and inviolable" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France#Moral_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France#Moral_...
    - dpkendal 12y ago
      Which is exactly what djb says about Germany. It doesn’t affect public domain status.
      - ldng 12y ago
        Hum, it feels to me there are subtle differences between German and French law. Notably, the right of withdrawal and the respect of the work's integrity go beyond German law. In French, a piece of work is not "put" in public domain but is said to "fell". It's not something that needs doing, it's something that happen at the right time. Anyway, I'm probably wrong since I'm not a lawyer :-)
      - clarry 12y ago
        That's what he says, indeed. What he failed to provide, though, is proof.

sillysaurus3 12y ago

Aha, there it is. Thank you! I wish there was a way to simply ask Terry if he'd have a problem with someone adding networking support. Does anyone know if he responds to email?

jacobparker 12y ago
He has for me before.
asiekierka 12y ago
He does.

masklinn 12y ago

> There shouldn't be any licensing troubles, at least. Under many (if not most) jurisdictions it's not possible to put things in the public domain, and saying you do so without providing an actual license is the same as not doing anything (aka "All Rights Reserved", the restrictive default). Even in the US, the idea of putting things in the public domain (rather than it falling into the public domain) is a bit iffy and AFAIK has never been tested in court.

dpkendal 12y ago
Provably false. http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html
- clarry 12y ago
  It'd be nice if djb could back up what he says about waiving copyright in Europe.
- ldng 12y ago
  In french and french derived copyright law, you can not resign all you rigths. "The moral rights are inalienable, perpetual and inviolable" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France#Moral_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France#Moral_...
  - dpkendal 12y ago
    Which is exactly what djb says about Germany. It doesn’t affect public domain status.
    - ldng 12y ago
      Hum, it feels to me there are subtle differences between German and French law. Notably, the right of withdrawal and the respect of the work's integrity go beyond German law. In French, a piece of work is not "put" in public domain but is said to "fell". It's not something that needs doing, it's something that happen at the right time. Anyway, I'm probably wrong since I'm not a lawyer :-)
    - clarry 12y ago
      That's what he says, indeed. What he failed to provide, though, is proof.