From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DAB21381F3 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 097B3E05FA; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:49:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BACE21C001 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:48:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (pool-173-77-245-118.nycmny.fios.verizon.net [173.77.245.118]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ryao) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 28F6833D74E; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:48:41 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <50AAB696.8050408@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:45:42 -0500 From: Richard Yao User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.10) Gecko/20121107 Thunderbird/10.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org CC: =?UTF-8?B?RGllZ28gRWxpbyBQZXR0ZW7Dsg==?= Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Copyright issues (Was: udev-ng?) References: <20121106212816.GE82762@gentoo.org> <20121117190207.GY83592@gentoo.org> <20121118032922.GA2335@kroah.com> <20121119025820.GA29497@kroah.com> <20121119043054.GC29764@kroah.com> <20121119170653.GC4393@kroah.com> <50AA777A.6060400@flameeyes.eu> In-Reply-To: <50AA777A.6060400@flameeyes.eu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig544E97D4B4A47D522A1F7269" X-Archives-Salt: a10730f0-4b05-4544-ad6e-35dc732c752b X-Archives-Hash: 41d7148001902224328ead5a2ac5a9d8 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig544E97D4B4A47D522A1F7269 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/19/2012 01:16 PM, Diego Elio Petten=C3=B2 wrote: > On 19/11/2012 10:06, Rich Freeman wrote: >> So, I give you a file. Then I tell you IN WRITING that you can go >> ahead and remove my name from the copyright line if you want to. >> >> I think it would be hard for me to argue that I should be able to >> obtain damages when I gave you authorization to remove my name. >=20 > You're trying to navigate extremely difficult and varying waters. >=20 > Remember that under most European copyright laws (under "author's > rights", which includes Germany, France and Italy at the very least), > you can't even have "public domain", as long as you're alive. >=20 > Which is why things like WTFPL came up to be. >=20 One of the functions of the foundation exists to handle legal matters. Is there anything that prevents the foundation from claiming ownership over work done on Gentoo Infrastructure in the same sense that a corporation would for its employees? Alternatively, do people working for companies in Europe retain copyright over everything that they did while employed? --------------enig544E97D4B4A47D522A1F7269 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQqracAAoJECDuEZm+6ExkI8cP/igJYrBP4+KCg1ExJgiwb1Ui V239kZxziGFJq88Q1WKLogxMr1FH6e+Np+dMgupu+EpCfe8m3lJzs/TZd/TaKSNW gmqwP7NBk6NCR8zNolDyKxIhS0wdQbB38UDIHdNvU8gheokrb2gfa1MhS/+6NZ8U Jdw4uIFXJ04O3yyPkfprZbFN5W+KiG1bhgjIjWZx4DRbv+KLakVdyzx/bvK3m0mb MBUov/R9V9q8gzcWpHurtnOsGV3EeiRC+lSeY6OXcdlVkoSmCnljGdWMc28c8Rzj Y8IYliy6yMpp7//eY0fTLY0Ri4Q220HAH4Kki5HugBQCyj9lDd4XnuFBO2Cqlt4K +dRtZsmlcIQpVgm2KhmvApU8rxAv7P/xFqnlyOR+VIZUrCSsDerCodF6rJEjsTU4 cVb4T8cDuCdR2NO17yJw0cZpuz/qeO3hOZGCLaSR0JJfH9TyWwQ6LYUYb6Zt1ZMw 5iIXXU7WxSNkCNM65Mkd99eOOewx6iXKYktP81Ip9SDmTMUVT0mIHm6jtZziQ/V/ qJ+WxdDltULbgWAqb/Lio5BQA6NwWCRZfAqbx2JXADdjQqwVCJPAts47OvDLqiQd 3bDiQKHF7GXrGh7qxCoXSWOPlIOIi0tOqT08tuhs/XoyXaPxF5T861xGT6Da9sBu Jnd2VJKVFKdtLndFIrEq =3PyU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig544E97D4B4A47D522A1F7269--