[adtools] Re: License, copyright and FSF
- From: Jens Langner <Jens.Langner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: adtools@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:21:08 +0200
Hans-Joerg Frieden schrieb:
Jens Langner wrote:
On the other hand. Is a tranfer of copyright (if this is legally
possible at all) to the FSF really required? I thought it would be
enough to have our code in line with the GPL, which in fact is the case.
Transfer of the copyright is required, as far as I remember. I remember
having to fax paperwork to the FSF for something in the past.
Well, perhaps Ben can perhaps better answer that question. But as far as
I remember from the few copyright law sessions we had a uni it is not
possibly to transfer your copyright. It is only possible to transfer
your rights for selling something or for promotion something. But you
can not, in principle, transfer your copyright. You will always the one
who created that work and so you have the copyright. That the FSF is
free to use and promote it as their work is AFAIR something completely
different.
However, I also tend to say that we should not make this thing overly
complicated. We should better focus on what we want to achieve and
that's getting things running for AmigaOS. Such licensing things just
steel your time and concentration :) And I agree with Staf that I also
don't have any problem that in every file my name is printed. I for
myself know that I have done that work and that's fine...
cheers,
jens
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