open source license questions

[Aaron Vegh]

Ah. And this morning, I received a message from one of the authors
(the date select application -- thank god! that would have been the
harder to replace) that he grants permission for me to use his code in
my GPL'd project.

So the opinion of all the non-lawyers here is that I can't use the
code unless specifically granted the right to do so...

Thanks,
Aaron.


On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:07:46, James McIntosh <jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> At 04:49 PM 2006/03/03 -0500, Aaron Vegh <aaronvegh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> (snip)
> >I
> >want to use the GPL, but currently there are two pieces of
> >functionality in my app which were developed by other developers.
>
> I've
> >written to them requesting they make their components GPL compatible,
> >but haven't heard back from either.
> >
> >However, both pieces appear to be unlicensed in any formal way. One
> >piece has a note which gives credit to the author and the note: "Keep
> >this notice intact for use". The other piece does the same thing.
> >
> >Does that mean these pieces of code are in the public domain? If so,
> >does that mean I can include the code in my GPL'd project?
> >
> >Thanks for your help!
> >Cheers,
> >Aaron.
>
> I am not a lawyer, but I believe that in Canada, all works  are copyrighted
> unless the author explicitly releases them into the public domain.
>
> You have not mentioned any such comment in the source code.
>
> So, the two works are copyrighted by default, and furthermore, you mention
> that there is embedded in the source code the message: "Keep this notice
> intact for use."
>
> So, obviously, the author intends to have a restriction on usage, which
> makes totally obvious that the author did not donate it to the public domain.
>
>
> James McIntosh   <jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org>
>
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