From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32214 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Aug 2003 13:49:41 -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 12528 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2003 13:49:41 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Jon Portnoy , gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:49:25 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821085819.GE1098@gentoo.org> <20030821090434.GA5329@cerberus.oppresses.us> In-Reply-To: <20030821090434.GA5329@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: <200308211349.34116.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: fc4ec611-1f1f-4fcc-9362-2d1e9c83ae64 X-Archives-Hash: 3fd96ed801fb8efed19b72450096ac09 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Even if the owner were to change the license, they could not change it on=20 ebuilds already released under the GPL. On Thursday 21 August 2003 09:04 am, Jon Portnoy wrote: > That's not the point; the point is that it allows us to defend our > intellectual property if someone else tries to infringe upon it; e.g., > changing the license. > > > I'm not sure though that ebuilds are under any sort of license. > > They're licensed under the GPL. Whether that's enforcable in court or > not is another matter. =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/RM3pZl/BHdU+lYMRAtvSAJ4wJKkUxHp4C83d+yBlnajly1/jfQCcCAhM TeqhzCnlSJ7aTD3mQQAeOW4=3D =3Djp9J =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list