Re: registering a composition

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On 24/05/20 14:18, Valentin Villenave wrote:
> On 5/24/20, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> You are working from the premise that everybody except you is an idiot.
> 
> Guys, stop bickering and veering off-topic.  The original purpose of
> this thread was to help Francesco gain some insight into the copyright
> modalities and possible publishing choices; arguing about whether one
> particular license authorizes or not to sell software and/or CDs
> and/or services may be interesting (though I believe this has already
> been discussed ad nauseam elsewhere, and by more knowledgeable people
> than *any* of us) but it remains absolutely orthogonal to the matter
> at hand.

Sorry - I'm being the pedantic lawyerly type ...
> 
> Granted, I was probably the one who opened that can of worms in the
> first place; although I do have my own principles and beliefs, the
> only point I’ve been trying to get across is that Francesco has
> _several_ options (and not that many risks), rather than the Single
> Mandatory Way that’s ordinarily offered to authors and artists.
> 
> As far as I’m concerned, there is no invalid or morally corrupt choice
> (even publishing under all-rights-reserved and subjugating oneself to
> some private copyright organization), as long as it _is_ a choice,
> made deliberately and not out of ignorance or fear.
> 
AOL.

As I said, I probably spent too much time on Groklaw. I've come across
too many - REAL - examples where this nitpicking determined cases...
often for the worse :-( (Admittedly, pretty much all in the US ...)

Cheers,
Wol