[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Copy this copy that, left, right, which way is up???
- To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Copy this copy that, left, right, which way is up???
- From: "david_bruce_cousins" <david.cousins@...>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:17:51 -0000
- In-reply-to: <000a01c1918f$1db904a0$262dc0d8@daycare>
- User-agent: eGroups-EW/0.82
Ok, pass out the flame throwers!!!
The intent of me putting out a game is for it to be "copylefted". This
means (at least to extent of my feeble understanding). OK the "all
rights reserved" part is a boo-boo, and probably should be
changed to all rights subject to [Fill in your favorite open
license], that's why it is rev 0.1 ;)
But, copyleft is the correct thing IMHO. You must first copyright the
work (hell I had to type it up!), and you are able to do that with
game instructions. I this case, SOLO is a common-law copyright at the
moment. I wouldn't bother to send in drafts to the C.O. Copyleft
requires some distribution clause like the GNU GPL. I haven't stuck
the legal mumbo on that yet either.
IWBN if someone put together a nice boilerplate for the naive waifes
of the group (like me) that we could attach to these types of rules
postings!
BTW, I'm not giving up my day job anytime soon.
Dave.
PS: sorry for any confusion, all the code I usually write
professionally is copyrighted, and I never worry about the details
because that's what we pay the lawyer for.