Re: [NTLK] FW: Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

I do believe that the holder of the copyright must explicitly state
that their works are under a specific "free" license (be it public
domain, creative commons, whatever)

On Jan 7, 2007, at 3:09 PM, L.W. Brown wrote:

> Correct.
> Is there not also the concept of releasing a work into the public
> domain by your actions >other< than an explicit statement to that
> effect?
>
> On 7. Jan, 2007, at 14:51, Apostolos Koutropoulos wrote:
>
>> Just to interject here:
>> for patents: you need to apply and be awarded a patent in order to
>> have claim to one
>> for copyright: copyright is automatically awarded to a creator as
>> soon as the author has a work made. No need to do paperwork or
>> anything. it's automatic
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