On 3/13/07, inode0 <inode0 gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/13/07, John Summerfield <debianherakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
> > Don Armstrong at Debian agrees with me, and has
taken it up with the
> > FSF. He also adds
> > "It is possible for a file to have components
which are both in the
> > public domain, and those which are copyrighted.
Moreover, since some
> > jurisdictions do not have a concept of public
domain, in them a
> > copyright may still exist. [Course, in many of the
files in question,
> > it's not clear that there is enough expressive
content to actually be
> > copyrightable...]"
>
> I also contacted FSF about it on your behalf since you
didn't seem to
> want to bother dealing it at the source. Hopefully it
will get
> resolved to your satisfaction soon.
I received a reply to my inquiry about this from the FSF
this morning.
The FSF tells me that these files are in the public domain
and the
copyright notices will be removed from the next release.
Lesson to be learned - talk to the FSF.
John
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