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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:49:41
Message-Id: 200308211349.34116.luke-jr@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? by Jon Portnoy
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4 Even if the owner were to change the license, they could not change it on
5 ebuilds already released under the GPL.
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7 On Thursday 21 August 2003 09:04 am, Jon Portnoy wrote:
8 > That's not the point; the point is that it allows us to defend our
9 > intellectual property if someone else tries to infringe upon it; e.g.,
10 > changing the license.
11 >
12 > > I'm not sure though that ebuilds are under any sort of license.
13 >
14 > They're licensed under the GPL. Whether that's enforcable in court or
15 > not is another matter.
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