Scheme language standardization process
Has all contributors agreed to allow unlimited modification, reproduction and redistribution of the RnRS standards? > On Jun 25, 2014, at 23:03, John Cowan <cowan@x> wrote: > > musicdenotation@x scripsit: > >> Not so long ago when I asked about the license issue on the R6RS >> mailing list I was answered to that the license allows unrestricted >> distribution and modification for any purpose. Can you add an explicit >> "public domain" statement to the R7RS license? > > I'm not aware of any case law in the U.S. or elsewhere that permits a > single contributor to a joint work to abandon the copyright in the whole > work. (Joint contributors are permitted to license a work unilaterally > provided they are willing to be accountable to the other contributors > for any lost profits, but licensure and abandonment aren't analogous.) > If you have any citations, please produce them. > > -- > John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@x > Is it not written, "That which is written, is written"? _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports