Re: Copyright Status's of spec-prod documents

"Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org> writes:

> At 09:17 14/6/02, Norman Walsh wrote:
> >/ Joseph Reagle <reagle@w3.org> was heard to say:
> >| Given a question about the creation of derivative works based on [1,2],
> >| elsewhere [3] I recommended the authors clarify the copyright owners (W3C
> >| or specific persons) and the specific licenses (W3C document or software
> >| license) under which they be distributed. I'm repeating this request in the
> >| spec-prod forum. The ambiguity created by these documents in the context of
> >| being hosted on the W3C site (which has specific terms and licenses) should
> >| be eliminated.
> >
> >I have cleaned up the header comments and asserted Sun copyright on
> >behalf of Eve and myself. I don't know what statement Chris, Henry, and/or
> >Ben might like added.
> 
> The version of the stylesheet I last touched, 30 April 2000, had this 
> statement:
> 
> <!-- This stylesheet is copyright (c) 2000 by its authors.  Free
>       distribution and modification is permitted, including adding to
>       the list of authors and copyright holders, as long as this
>       copyright notice is maintained. -->
> 
> I feel that that's sufficient for my needs.

Ditto.

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