ANN: pyfromc - Python from C++ and vice versa

[JanC]

"Andrew Dalke" <adalke at mindspring.com> schreef:

> JanC:
>> AFAIK in Belgium (and several other European countries) you can't
>> legally put your own work in the public domain; an author always
>> keeps his or her "author rights" (which includes copyright).
> 
> Is there work for hire, so that the copyright goes to the employer?
> Can the employer sell that copyright to someone else?

Yes, in case of work-for-hire, the copyright is with the employer, and they 
can sell it (they aren't authors).  And authors can always license the 
right to make copies to someone else, they just can't give away the 
ultimate right to do that.  :-)

> Are government works covered under copyright?  In the US, they
> are not, and are always in the public domain.

I'm not sure about that.  Public domain would that mean you can legally 
make copies of driver licenses?  Don't think that's allowed...  :-p

> Can works enter the public domain after a period of time?

Yes, but that's way too long for a computer program to be useful...
(Something like 70 years I guess.)

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JanC

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