From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14317 invoked by uid 1002); 22 Aug 2003 00:35:27 -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 26778 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2003 00:35:27 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Jon Portnoy Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:35:12 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <200308211349.34116.luke-jr@gentoo.org> <20030821180035.GC8472@cerberus.oppresses.us> In-Reply-To: <20030821180035.GC8472@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: <200308220035.25163.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: eedf471c-4373-4d04-9381-851523547816 X-Archives-Hash: b0ba820025e55536ba1e1c484ba5ed41 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I must have read the thread incorrectly at some point, then. I thought the= =20 purpose of Gentoo (co-)owning the copyright was the prevent the creator fro= m=20 making it proprietary. What exactly does it achive to have Gentoo (co-)own= =20 copyrights on them? I have no objection to the idea, but I see no actual=20 *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. =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/RWVHZl/BHdU+lYMRApjkAJ9CBki4BH5q3wABFpoNN5fxe3C+rQCcDP9k hScPDIpYKARrj7oGU74ck8s=3D =3DFlRV =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list