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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:17:23 -0400
From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>
To: Paul <set@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:09:17AM -0400, Paul wrote:
> 	Hi;
> 
> 	A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement
> for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told
> no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has
> changed, or was untrue.
> 	Now, Ive already given up on the submission
> process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I
> havent yet given up on Gentoo itself.
> 
> Paul
> set@pobox.com

I would be very interested in hearing your issues with ebuild 
submission, if you'd like to contact me privately about it.

With regards to copyrights, it's necessary for us to own copyright on 
ebuilds in order to defend our intellectual property. If we (Gentoo 
Technologies) don't own copyright on ebuilds (and other pieces of 
Gentoo), we have no legal leg to stand on if someone (for example) 
attempts to put a more restrictive license on that piece of intellectual 
property.

In short: if we don't own copyright, we can't defend ourselves.

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Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net

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