Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?

[Lloyd D Budd <lloyd@foolswisdom.com>]

IMNAL, but the "standard reason" for SOLE ownership, or ("dual, but not
shared copyright") is to enable legal pursuit of license violators.  The
interesting side effect is that a copyright owner can license
distribution, or other rights, under additional licenses.


On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 20:35, Luke-Jr wrote:
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> I must have read the thread incorrectly at some point, then. I thought the 
> purpose of Gentoo (co-)owning the copyright was the prevent the creator from 
> making it proprietary. What exactly does it achive to have Gentoo (co-)own 
> copyrights on them? I have no objection to the idea, but I see no actual 
> *reason* why it should be required...
> 
> On Thursday 21 August 2003 06:00 pm, Jon Portnoy wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:49:25PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote:
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> > > Even if the owner were to change the license, they could not change it on
> > > ebuilds already released under the GPL.
> >
> > I'm aware, thank you. I don't need to have the basics of copyright law
> > explained to me.
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