Re: Manual licensing, again

Felipe Sateler wrote on 5/19/09 5:23 AM:

> Hi all. There are more files with questionable licensing status :(.
>
> examples/01hpschd.sf2 seems to be for free distribution only (which would make
> it incompatible with the GFDL, since no restrictions can be added).
>
> examples/22bassoon.sf2 allows free redistribution, but doesn't mention
> modifications (if they are not allowed, it would conflict with the GFDL).

I think that these should be removed.

> opcodes/py{init,eval,assign}.xml still have the All rights reserved by
> Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu notice. Has anybody been able to contact him?

Once again, "All rights reserved" has no legal meaning anymore and is not
incompatible with any free/open license.  Please see this page for an
explanation:

<http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/law-copyright-all-rights-re
served.html>

Even if the phrase did have some legal force, it would only apply to people
who do not have a valid license granting them further rights.  In the world
of free software and open content, everyone can obtain a license granting
some of the rights normally "reserved" by the copyright holder.  Thus "All
rights reserved" would at best only apply to persons whose license has been
revoked because they violated its provisions.
 
Felipe Sateler wrote on 5/19/09 5:39 AM:

> Last time, Andrés said that he had died. Does anyone know if this is true?

I am pretty sure that Andres was confusing Maurizio with another member of
our community who passed away (Gerard van Dongen).

Anthony


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