Ottima cosa; avrei solo 4 suggerimenti per chi volesse emularlo in futuro. 1) non mettere in public domain, ma rilicenziare con una CC permissiva ocomunque una licenza libera, per evitare riappropriazioni. 2) far revisionare il testo della sua liberatoria da un legale (credo qualsiasi organizzazione impegnata lo farebbe) in particolare per il materiale già licenziato. 3) "liberare" anche tutte le sue performance, anche se registrate da terzi; sono altri diritti. 4) archiviare il documento e tutte le canzoni su archive.org e magari anche altri servizi di archiviazione. On dom, 2023-01-08 at 09:56 +0100, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Il leggendario Tom Lehrer, classe 1928, autore, oltre al resto, della famosa canzone "The Elements", ha messo nel pubblico dominio tutte le sue creazioni:
Augurandogli ancora numerosi anni di vita (compirà 95 anni in aprile), la sua decisione dona alla collettività le sue opere con un anticipo di almeno 70 anni... grazie, Maestro!
jc
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