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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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>> In order to contribute to GNU projects, one must sign a copyright |
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>> assignment statement. |
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>> Gentoo doesn't have anything similar as far as I'm aware, which makes |
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>> me question the legitimacy of "Gentoo Foundation" copyrights. |
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>> What is the story? |
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> The story of what? |
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> Are you asking whether they're legally binding? You'd have to sue |
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> somebody to find out, because as far as I'm aware the matter is |
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> untested in court. I think you could make an argument that |
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> voluntarily placing that header on your work is an assignment of |
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> copyright. You could also argue otherwise. A court would decide who |
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> wins. |
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I'm asking whether we're just cargo-culting it along, or if we have |
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(had) some kind of system in place to assign copyright. I think Ciaran |
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answered: we used to but not anymore. |
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