Hello!

On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 02:25:49PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
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>Bullshit.  The license retains ANY RIGHTS which are in Copyright law,
>a body of law that PRECEDES the decleration.  That body of law is
>pulled in the MOMENT a "Copyright (c) YYMM author" decleration is
>made.

In some legislations, especially in Europe, copyright law applies
*automatically*, even without an explicit copyright statement/assertion.
Just by creating something that's copyrightable.

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>There is only one 'Total Freedom', and it is a "Public Domain"
>declaration, which these licenses are not.  These are full Copyright
>Act licenses, carrying the full of power of the Copyright, and only THEN
>the addition author's release surrenders some rights he has.

And that "Total Freedom" isn't available everywhere. In some
legislations (e.g. in Europe), you *can't* give up the copyright you
*automatically* acquire by creating a copyrightable work. It can only
expire (after N years, or even only N years after the death of the
author). And only works with expired copyright are public domain there.

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Kind regards,

Hannah.