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DATE | 2019-11-05 |
FROM | Jean Louis
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Why fewer contributors to GNU? They have to
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Tue Nov 5 21:30:58 2019 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989AD161177; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 21:30:57 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2B6AC161134; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 21:26:31 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 21:26:31 -0500 Resent-Message-ID: <20191106022631.GQ20969-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD0D8161132 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:51084 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iS7DE-0001Rm-W0 for ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:22:09 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43202) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iS7D6-0001Po-IG for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:22:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iS7D5-00058s-A1 for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:22:00 -0500 Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:44307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iS7D5-00056G-2G for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:21:59 -0500 Received: from protected.rcdrun.com ([::ffff:31.223.149.156]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1) by stw1.rcdrun.com with UTF8ESMTPSA id 0000000000057D7B.000000005DC1F603.00002AF4; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:21:55 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1001) by protected.rcdrun.com with local id 00000000000CC57F.000000005DC1F5FC.00006406; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:21:48 +0100 Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 23:21:48 +0100 From: Jean Louis To: Dmitry Alexandrov <321942-at-gmail.com> Message-ID: <20191105222148.GG17190-at-protected.rcdrun.com> References: <5ec38bda-be9c-337e-ec18-a3b983a68b73-at-runbox.com> <6191342.WJX1yqFeDY-at-pc-713> <20191104111140.GU21905-at-protected.rcdrun.com> <3597943.aDa7FIykWb-at-pc-713> <20191104123009.GD27532-at-protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Mime-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by courier 1.0.6 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.170.207.13 X-BeenThere: gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list X-UID: 63604 Cc: gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org Subject: Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Why fewer contributors to GNU? They have to reveal identity and assign copyright X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
* Dmitry Alexandrov <321942-at-gmail.com> [2019-11-05 16:56]: > > That is not quite so. In America country it is possible to use pen name= s. > =
> Why is it specific to =E2=80=98America country=E2=80=99 (whatever it is)?
I meant USA.
You are right, probably other countries also allow pen-name copyrights.
When somebody refers to America and wish to say US citizen, then I just used America country to indicate it is meant as a country, not America as a continent. It was response to generalization about "Americans".
Generalizations are often used for accusation and hate speech. It is very easy to say "Americans are bad" or "Russians are bad". Talking in generalizations is in itself anti-social characteristic. It is justified when there is objective or by public accepted point of reference or statistical reference.
In US there is special way of registering copyright, even though one need not do it, but there is copyright office https://www.copyright.gov/
Maybe such office exists in other countries, but I have not found it. So far I know about copyrights in Germany and other European countries. They are automatic, and one need not submit works to copyright office to get protection. Even in US they are automatic, if I am not mistaken, but submitting works to copyright office makes a bone-fide evidence of first registration.
FSF probably got legal opinions on how to protect copyrights, and they need written confirmations for good evidences. I don't speak for FSF as I cannot know, but that is my impression.
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