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On Fri, 5 May 2017 14:31:17 -0400 |
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"William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 5 May 2017 18:20:43 +0000 |
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> Erik Närström <erik.narstrom@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I'snt copyright deth of author +70yrs? |
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> Yes for work that is copyright to say you or me. Something copyright |
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> to an immortal entity I believe is different. Even if Gentoo ended, |
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> not sure that is the same as a person dying. We essential give up our |
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> copyright when you put Gentoo's copyright on there. I think it would |
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> have to include a persons name for the death term to apply. |
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> I believe 95-120 years is the duration. |
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> https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf |
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That is for the United States, not the world. Seems most others go with |
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the author aspect. But I am not sure how that carries over to entities. |
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At least in the US, this stuff that is copyright Gentoo is bound to |
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those terms. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term |
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OT.... |
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Corporate personhood is one of the most contentious things in the US. |
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IMHO it was the reason for the civil war not slavery etc. If it was |
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slavery no need for civil rights. It was about coporate personhood. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood |
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This amendment, super abstract. Not sure software exists this abstract |
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in nature.... |
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"As a matter of interpretation of the word "person" in the Fourteenth |
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Amendment, U.S. courts have extended certain constitutional protections |
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to corporations. " |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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