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On 11/19/2012 01:16 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> On 19/11/2012 10:06, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> So, I give you a file. Then I tell you IN WRITING that you can go |
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>> ahead and remove my name from the copyright line if you want to. |
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>> I think it would be hard for me to argue that I should be able to |
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>> obtain damages when I gave you authorization to remove my name. |
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> You're trying to navigate extremely difficult and varying waters. |
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> Remember that under most European copyright laws (under "author's |
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> rights", which includes Germany, France and Italy at the very least), |
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> you can't even have "public domain", as long as you're alive. |
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> Which is why things like WTFPL came up to be. |
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One of the functions of the foundation exists to handle legal matters. |
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Is there anything that prevents the foundation from claiming ownership |
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over work done on Gentoo Infrastructure in the same sense that a |
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corporation would for its employees? |
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Alternatively, do people working for companies in Europe retain |
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copyright over everything that they did while employed? |
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