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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:17:23AM -0400, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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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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If the object in question (here, the ebuild) is licensed under GPL (not the |
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program it refers to, but the ebuild itself) then even the copyrightholder |
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can't force Gentoo to stop spreading the object since the license is still |
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valid. |
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I'm not sure though that ebuilds are under any sort of license. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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Save some animals, eat a vegetarian. |
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