Re: Copyright Digression (Was: Re: [tlug] linux in Japanese schools)

[Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion@example.com>]

On 8 janv. 07, at 10:22, Curt Sampson wrote:

> > Even what you and I write here is. Depending on the work, it is
> > either protected by basic copyright law only, or by copyright law  
> > plus
> > licensing agreements.
>
> Why does this depend on the work, and how? The Berne convention and
> national laws that follow it indicate that an author is automatically
> granted copyright to the works he produces, but I don't see how
> licensing agreements would come into it at all unless the copyright
> owner explicitly created such agreements and licensed the work under
> them.

Which is what I mean: either there is provision for a license or  
there is not. So it depends on the work.

Jean-Christophe Helary