From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7031 invoked by uid 1002); 22 Aug 2003 00:50:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23083 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2003 00:50:28 -0000 From: Lloyd D Budd To: Luke-Jr Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200308220035.25163.luke-jr@gentoo.org> References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <200308211349.34116.luke-jr@gentoo.org> <20030821180035.GC8472@cerberus.oppresses.us> <200308220035.25163.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1061513222.26085.24.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:47:02 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: c24790c0-2af7-476f-80b3-0e1d1a19f7d3 X-Archives-Hash: 0a7472e6f91044b9699a2dfe589965eb 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: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > 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. > - -- > Luke-Jr > Developer, Gentoo Linux > http://www.gentoo.org/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/RWVHZl/BHdU+lYMRApjkAJ9CBki4BH5q3wABFpoNN5fxe3C+rQCcDP9k > hScPDIpYKARrj7oGU74ck8s= > =FlRV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- Lloyd D Budd -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list