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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 06:23:44PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:06:53 -0800 |
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> Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > No one has to "fight" at all here, the law is very clear, and a quick |
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> > consultation with a copyright lawyer can provide us with a very good |
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> > set of rules and boundry conditions that all of us need to follow in |
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> > order to ensure that the Foundation does not get into any trouble |
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> > when it comes to copyrights. |
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> |
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> The last time someone from Gentoo spoke to a copyright lawyer, it |
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> resulted in a year-or-so-long ban on recruiting anyone, and everyone |
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> was supposed to sign a piece of paper agreeing to turn over all their |
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> floppy disks and monitors to drobbins upon request. |
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Yes, that was due to me refusing to sign the old Gentoo copyright |
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assignment (well, actually, my employer at the time refused to sign it, |
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rightfully so.) I thought we had that all worked out since then, as it |
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was, what, 8+ years ago? |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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