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Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>, on Thu Aug 21, 2003 [12:17:23 AM] said: |
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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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> Jon Portnoy |
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> avenj/irc.freenode.net |
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Hi; |
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Thankyou for your kind, swift response; |
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Maybe its my paranoia, but while I _might_ be willing |
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to assign copyright to the FSF, Im not sure a company with |
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a distribution deserves such trust. Witness Caldera... |
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Once you have the GPL, you have a license. I could |
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relicense an ebuild to, say some *BSD based thing, or some |
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commercial spin-off if I wanted (if I still hold copyright), |
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but that doesnt affect "Gentoo Technologies, Inc." right |
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to use the ebuild under the GPL. It just affects their ability |
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to completely control the 'intellectual property'. |
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In short, Im hearing that its protective leverage |
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for Gentoo Technologies, Inc., an entity whose status I am not |
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currently sure of... |
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Paul |
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set@×××××.com |
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