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IIRC, the only reason one would need to own the copyright would be if the |
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copyright were to be changed. Once something is licensed under the GPL, the |
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owner cannot change the license on the one they released, only on future |
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releases they make. |
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On Thursday 21 August 2003 04:17 am, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:09:17AM -0400, Paul wrote: |
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> > Hi; |
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> > A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement |
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> > for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told |
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> > no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has |
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> > changed, or was untrue. |
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> > Now, Ive already given up on the submission |
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> > process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I |
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> > havent yet given up on Gentoo itself. |
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> > Paul |
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> > set@×××××.com |
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> I would be very interested in hearing your issues with ebuild |
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> submission, if you'd like to contact me privately about it. |
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> With regards to copyrights, it's necessary for us to own copyright on |
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> ebuilds in order to defend our intellectual property. If we (Gentoo |
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> Technologies) don't own copyright on ebuilds (and other pieces of |
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> Gentoo), we have no legal leg to stand on if someone (for example) |
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> attempts to put a more restrictive license on that piece of intellectual |
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> property. |
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> In short: if we don't own copyright, we can't defend ourselves. |
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