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On 03/08/2012 04:49 PM, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
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We can spend a large amount of time discussing the legal effects of a public domain copyright dedication.</pre>
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The people who are making decisions are not attorneys, nor are those
like me who are attempting to influence the process. Those folks
sometimes need backgrounders on the law. We also have the
participation of a number of people with interest in the law who
aren't actually licensed to opine. Some of them quite good, and some
who will be effective sources of misinformation if they go
unchallenged.<br>
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On topics that attorneys aren't agreed upon, of which there seem to
be a good many, we need to hear sufficient argument to make our own
decision.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Should we approve the widely-admired CC0 license</pre>
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<i>CC</i> is widely admired. The license alone does not have the
same degree of admiration.<br>
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Can we please decide this without doing a legal and business analysis of the glorious copyright public domain and the frightening world of patents?
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I don't see that we'd be effectively serving our community if we're
bypassing this. However, I do believe that we can go through the
process without having to address in great detail every one of
Alexander's misconceptions regarding legal topics - and I'm sorry,
but I am seeing a good many of them. Perhaps, Larry, you could
establish a background dialogue with Alexander so that the rest of
us are spared.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Bruce<br>
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