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Orphan Works Bill Deserves Support: RMS
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| I just received an email from Richard Stallman, creator of the GPL...
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| [Stallman:] I discussed [the Orphan Works bill] with a lawyer (Dan Ravicher
| of the Software Freedom Law Center)... He said that the bill does not
| eliminate the rights of copyright owners who aren't found. Rather, it merely
| limits what damages they are entitled to recover from an infringer who,
| before commencing the infringement, attempted a good faith search to identify
| the owner and seek permission to do whatever is now considered infringement.
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| In essence, even if the defendant can prove he tried to find the author and
| couldn't, when the author later objects to the infringement, he can still sue
| and get money and an injunction. This bill merely places some limits on how
| much money can be recovered in such cases. It would not mean open-season on
| GPL-covered free software.
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http://blamcast.net/articles/orphan-works-bill-deserves-support-rms
Related:
IP Issues with OOXML (DIS 29500)
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| Out of all the free and open source licences which are available, there are
| two which are disproportionately chosen by FOSS developers when licensing
| their software. Those two are the GPL and the LGPL. Of these, the GPL is
| disproportionately favoured over the LGPL.* If there are issues with GPL
| implementations then there are IP issues with OOXML. Any assurance that
| excludes implementation under these licences is just cause for the FOSS
| community to voice concern.
|
| [...]
|
| If there are issues with GPL implementations then there are IP issues with
| OOXML. Microsoft implicitly concedes there are issues with GPL
| implementations.
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/ip-issues-with-ooxml-dis-29500/
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