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Re: copyright assignment: joined ownership? (fwd)
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- Subject: Re: copyright assignment: joined ownership? (fwd)
- From: Andy Tai <atai at ece dot ucsd dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 100 14:48:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: atai at atai dot org
Forward at the request of RMS: I believe he is saying FSF copyright assignment
allows the original author to use the source code in any way, including
distributing it under other licenses or in proprietary software.
Disclaimer: I am an outsider to the matter at hand.
Forwarded message:
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:40:11 -0600 (MDT)
> Message-Id: <200005241440.IAA04435@wijiji.santafe.edu>
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: copyright assignment: joined ownership?
> Reply-to: rms@gnu.org
>
> Mr. Stallman, this is just a small suggestion. Maybe the FSF can consider
> allowing joined ownership of copyright of source code.
>
> I don't believe this is legally possible.
>
> FSF can require that the assigned or joinly owned code, and their
> derivatives, must be always available under the GPL, but the
> original author can release the source code under additional,
> different licenses or ways.
>
> That is the way we do things now. The contributor always has the
> option of using his own contribution in any way whatever. That's
> because our assignment contracts explicitly say so.
>
> So it looks like you're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
> It is just a misunderstanding. Would you please pass the word?
>
>
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