From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The copyright issue
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:28:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aaow8a0p.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8762zkl259.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> writes:
> rogers-emacs@rgrjr.dyndns.org writes:
>
> > If it is indeed GPL software. IIRC, somebody once contributed code
> > that his employer later claimed was not his to contribute. Having
> > clear ownership avoids such hassles.
>
> The assignment has nothing to do with that, however. What's necessary
> in that case is not an assignment by the author, but a disclaimer of
> interest (ownership) by the employer.
The assignment makes the author responsible for the legal status of his
contributions. Including clearing up any ownership issues.
> All in all, the assignment policy can't be justified as a matter of
> "prudence". The assignment itself only minimally decreases the risk
> of unclear ownership to the project.
I think it significantly reduces the risk of an FSF claim being thrown
out of court because of "dirty hands". If they have a contractual
assurance that the code was free from rights of third persons, that's
certainly helpful even where the other party in the conflict is not the
contributor himself.
> The employer disclaimers are important for risk management,
And the FSF certainly can't figure out the details of employment for
every contributor. The assignment makes the contributor accountable for
doing a best-faith effort.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-09 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-05 9:12 The copyright issue (Was: Key bindings proposal) Uday S Reddy
2010-08-05 12:15 ` The copyright issue Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-05 16:23 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2010-08-05 18:51 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-08-06 2:48 ` Miles Bader
2010-08-06 13:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-09 17:19 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-08-09 22:53 ` Miles Bader
2010-08-09 23:19 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-08-06 10:34 ` Adrian Robert
2010-08-05 16:40 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-06 8:12 ` The copyright issue (Was: Key bindings proposal) Richard Stallman
2010-08-06 9:39 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-08-06 15:36 ` Fren Zeee
2010-08-06 16:45 ` Bug on calendar (was: The copyright issue) Óscar Fuentes
2010-08-07 3:57 ` The copyright issue (Was: Key bindings proposal) Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-07 4:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-06 8:37 ` Stuart Hacking
2010-08-06 10:43 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-06 11:16 ` The copyright issue David Kastrup
2010-08-06 11:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-06 15:23 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-06 11:25 ` The copyright issue (Was: Key bindings proposal) Deniz Dogan
2010-08-06 12:01 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-13 15:52 ` The copyright issue Walter Alejandro Iglesias
2010-08-13 23:33 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-14 2:35 ` Walter Alejandro Iglesias
2010-08-14 8:03 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-14 10:01 ` Walter Alejandro Iglesias
2010-08-14 10:12 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-14 10:58 ` Walter Alejandro Iglesias
2010-08-14 16:30 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2010-08-16 5:59 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-16 7:07 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2010-08-16 18:22 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-16 8:43 ` Walter Alejandro Iglesias
2010-08-06 17:32 ` Bastien
2010-08-08 16:31 ` The copyright issue (Was: Key bindings proposal) Bernardo Barros
2010-08-09 10:00 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-09 10:15 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-09 13:50 ` The copyright issue David Kastrup
2010-08-09 15:30 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-09 16:58 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-09 22:49 ` Miles Bader
2010-08-09 23:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-10 1:06 ` Miles Bader
2010-08-10 2:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-08-10 7:53 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-06 13:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-08-06 16:39 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-08-07 7:33 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-07 19:09 ` rogers-emacs
2010-08-07 20:31 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-08-07 23:52 ` rogers-emacs
2010-08-09 6:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-09 8:28 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2010-08-09 9:21 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-10 13:58 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-11 4:02 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-08-12 1:07 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-09 10:01 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-09 11:42 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-09 13:06 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-09 14:28 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-09 16:16 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-09 17:07 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-10 7:50 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-10 8:28 ` Andreas Röhler
2010-08-09 20:41 ` Fren Zeee
2010-08-10 4:44 ` Richard Stallman
2010-08-10 8:04 ` David Kastrup
2010-08-10 9:04 ` Andreas Röhler
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