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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>, Paul <set@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:19:42
Message-Id: 200308211319.40637.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 IIRC, the only reason one would need to own the copyright would be if the
5 copyright were to be changed. Once something is licensed under the GPL, the
6 owner cannot change the license on the one they released, only on future
7 releases they make.
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9 On Thursday 21 August 2003 04:17 am, Jon Portnoy wrote:
10 > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:09:17AM -0400, Paul wrote:
11 > > Hi;
12 > >
13 > > A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement
14 > > for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told
15 > > no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has
16 > > changed, or was untrue.
17 > > Now, Ive already given up on the submission
18 > > process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I
19 > > havent yet given up on Gentoo itself.
20 > >
21 > > Paul
22 > > set@×××××.com
23 >
24 > I would be very interested in hearing your issues with ebuild
25 > submission, if you'd like to contact me privately about it.
26 >
27 > With regards to copyrights, it's necessary for us to own copyright on
28 > ebuilds in order to defend our intellectual property. If we (Gentoo
29 > Technologies) don't own copyright on ebuilds (and other pieces of
30 > Gentoo), we have no legal leg to stand on if someone (for example)
31 > attempts to put a more restrictive license on that piece of intellectual
32 > property.
33 >
34 > In short: if we don't own copyright, we can't defend ourselves.
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