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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:09:17AM -0400, Paul wrote: |
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> Hi; |
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> A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement |
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> for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told |
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> no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has |
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> changed, or was untrue. |
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> Now, Ive already given up on the submission |
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> process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I |
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> havent yet given up on Gentoo itself. |
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> Paul |
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> set@×××××.com |
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I would be very interested in hearing your issues with ebuild |
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submission, if you'd like to contact me privately about it. |
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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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