[wpdd-discuss] [PATCH] changed owner to holder and creator to author

DiffieHellman DiffieHellman at endianness.com
Sat Nov 19 04:05:47 EST 2022


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Any license worth its salt notes that copyright is held and not owned, as if copyright was owned, nothing could justify any part of it being surrended.
Also, works are authored and not created.
I don't see any need to reword (other than to change the words), but let me know if there are any.
 wpdd.txt | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wpdd.txt b/wpdd.txt
index a265240..a2a8eed 100644
--- a/wpdd.txt
+++ b/wpdd.txt
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ Statement of Purpose
 
 The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically 
 confer exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon 
-the creator and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an 
+the author and subsequent holder(s) (each and all, an "holder") of an 
 original work of authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work").
 
-Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work 
+Certain holders wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work 
 for the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural 
 and scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and 
 without fear of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, 
 incorporate in other works, reuse and redistribute as freely as 
 possible in any form whatsoever and for any purposes, including 
-without limitation commercial purposes. These owners may contribute 
+without limitation commercial purposes. These holders may contribute 
 to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free culture and the further 
 production of creative, cultural and scientific works, or to gain 
 reputation or greater distribution for their Work in part through the 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use and efforts of others.
 For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any 
 expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person or 
 organization associating this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication with 
-a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that they are an owner of 
+a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that they are an holder of 
 Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily elects to apply 
 this Worldwide Public Domain Dedication to the Work and publicly 
 distribute the Work under its terms, with knowledge of their Copyright 
@@ -183,4 +183,4 @@ the WPDD to that Work.
     without limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights in 
     the Work. Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for 
     obtaining any necessary consents, permissions or other rights 
-    required for any use of the Work.
\ No newline at end of file
+    required for any use of the Work.
-- 
2.38.0



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