RE: [Foundation-l] Re: Copyright of Vatican stuff

Here the decree: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/2005/documents/rc_seg-s… with this notice: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/2005/documents/rc_seg-s… There is no references to 50 years period or retroaction. Ok, but there is this another decree issued in the 1978!!! http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/lev/docs_lev/decre… The decree of Benedetto XVI draws on the oldest 1978's decree which safeguard the works of Giovanni Paolo II and generally of members of Vatican: "...the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, in his capacity as official publisher of the Holy See, over the traditional obligation to safeguard written texts and speeches of the sovereign Pontiffs and the publications concerning Acts of the Holy See, has received the assignment of protect also the written ones of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla. Cannot be made publications, translations or reproductions in whichever graphical or phonical typology of Its written texts and speeches without the explicit authorization of the aforesaid Libreria Editrice Vaticana, following the international agreements and the laws on the Copyrights... (L'O.R. 27-28 Novembre 1978)". In this case the decree of previous may don't say anything about the copyright on the Joannis Paulus II, but there was already another decree, the new decree seems to be a confirmation. But it's better to ask. Ilario