From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27720 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Aug 2003 13:19:42 -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 8828 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2003 13:19:42 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Jon Portnoy , Paul Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:19:31 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821041723.GA2653@cerberus.oppresses.us> In-Reply-To: <20030821041723.GA2653@cerberus.oppresses.us> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308211319.40637.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: d7980178-cb5a-4c23-b1e4-349a9fccec1c X-Archives-Hash: 6a60db5f88799c2e7afdb4da02faeb14 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 IIRC, the only reason one would need to own the copyright would be if the=20 copyright were to be changed. Once something is licensed under the GPL, the= =20 owner cannot change the license on the one they released, only on future=20 releases they make. On Thursday 21 August 2003 04:17 am, Jon Portnoy wrote: > 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. =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/RMboZl/BHdU+lYMRApmAAJ9yqbRmqhIR+Z6VEbPSN6z9hR+n8wCdGRB0 ULXOD7KZPx7SqchsOlpJ/qc=3D =3DR5V5 =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list