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From: Lloyd D Budd <lloyd@foolswisdom.com>
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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:47:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
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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...
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> 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.
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> > I'm aware, thank you. I don't need to have the basics of copyright law
> > explained to me.
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