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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:35:27
Message-Id: 200308220035.25163.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 I must have read the thread incorrectly at some point, then. I thought the
5 purpose of Gentoo (co-)owning the copyright was the prevent the creator from
6 making it proprietary. What exactly does it achive to have Gentoo (co-)own
7 copyrights on them? I have no objection to the idea, but I see no actual
8 *reason* why it should be required...
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10 On Thursday 21 August 2003 06:00 pm, Jon Portnoy wrote:
11 > On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 01:49:25PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote:
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15 > > Even if the owner were to change the license, they could not change it on
16 > > ebuilds already released under the GPL.
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18 > I'm aware, thank you. I don't need to have the basics of copyright law
19 > explained to me.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? Lloyd D Budd <lloyd@×××××××××××.com>