On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 22:16, MenTaLguY wrote:
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:33, Kees Cook wrote:
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:20:10AM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Ah, cool, that solves that problem. Do the pseudonyms need to be registered or is it enough simply to use it?
IANAL. They're valid if you are clearly the user of the name. We know "pjrm" to be who he is, so that "alias" would stand up, AFAIK.
Yes, although there are some differences when copyrighting a work under your legal name versus under a pseudonym.
The primary wrinkle with pseudonyms is that the length of the copyright term for them a straight 95 years (as it is for corporate entities), rather than the normal 70 years after death for individuals.
"If the author is not identified in the records of the Copyright Office, the term of copyright is 95 years from publication of the work, or 120 years from its creation, whichever term expires first. If the author’s identity is later revealed in the records of the Copyright Office, the copyright term then becomes the author’s life plus 70 years. "
But I doubt anyone will be using any of our code in 95 years.