For Approval: GPLv3

[dlw]

"I believe there is some uncertainty as to whether works can be in the 
public domain in the USA except when the copyright has expired or would 
otherwise be owned by the federal government."


"Waiver is the intentional relinquishment of a known right with 
knowledge of its existence and the intent to relinquish it." /United 
States v. King Features Entm't, Inc./, 843 F.2d 394, 399 (9th Cir. 
1988). In copyright, waiver or abandonment of copyright "occurs only if 
there is an intent by the copyright proprietor to surrender rights in 
his work." 4 Melville B. Nimmer & David Nimmer, /Nimmer On Copyright/ ¶ 
13.06 (2000); /see also Micro Star v. Formgen, Inc./, 154 F.3d 1107, 
1114 (9th Cir. 1998) (discussing abandonment). ; *A&M RECORDS, Inc. v. 
NAPSTER, INC., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)*
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