WIPO Copyright Treaty - Worldwide DMCA

Claus Färber list-fsf-eu-discussion at faerber.muc.de
Wed Aug 8 18:41:00 UTC 2001


<schilling at fokus.gmd.de> schrieb/wrote:
> Public domain software usually allows you to remove even the Authorship
> notices in the files which cannot be done at least in Germany.

If the author allows it, that can be done, too.

The main difference is that many rights can't be permanently  
waived, however. So if the author later decides that there has to  
be a copyright notice again...

Claus
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