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Re: [Groff] Licence question regarding an-ext


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] Licence question regarding an-ext
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:10:47 +0100 (CET)

>> Well, the authors don't matter in a copyright notice.  The
>> important bit is the copyright holder, and this is the FSF,
>> regardless of the license.
> 
> That seems like a decidedly U.S.-centric viewpoint to me, in clear
> violation of the Berne Convention, and of the copyright law of most
> countries worldwide: [...]

Well, this is FSF stuff, which *is* US-centric.

> In Germany, Copyright cannot be transferred at all, so the
> "Copyright FSF" line is not really compatible with German law [...]

Theoretically, the file should use a CC0 license...


    Werner



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