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| From: | Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | ||
| Date: | Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:07:49 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAGfcS_mnrmkpfN27URff71toL1iGaw=-+w7qf3-r9ug9dY_ERA@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? by Matt Turner |
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| 1 | On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
| 2 | > In order to contribute to GNU projects, one must sign a copyright |
| 3 | > assignment statement. |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > Gentoo doesn't have anything similar as far as I'm aware, which makes |
| 6 | > me question the legitimacy of "Gentoo Foundation" copyrights. |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > What is the story? |
| 9 | > |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The story of what? |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Are you asking whether they're legally binding? You'd have to sue |
| 14 | somebody to find out, because as far as I'm aware the matter is |
| 15 | untested in court. I think you could make an argument that |
| 16 | voluntarily placing that header on your work is an assignment of |
| 17 | copyright. You could also argue otherwise. A court would decide who |
| 18 | wins. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Personally I'd rather move to an explicit system. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | -- |
| 23 | Rich |
| Subject | Author |
|---|---|
| Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | Matthias Maier <tamiko@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? | Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> |