On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Eugen Dück <eu...@dueck.org> wrote: >> Is it really necessary, though? We all agree to EULAs and make other >> more significant legal commitments online all the time, and in some >> cases without having proven who and where we are. > > There are certainly some legal transactions that do not accept > electronic "agreements" and require a physical signature. > > IANAL so I looked up US copyright law and found this paragraph about > transfers in Circular 1 (from here > http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-assignment.html ): > > "Any or all of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights or any > subdivision of those rights may be transferred, but the transfer of > exclusive rights is not valid unless that transfer is in writing and > signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner’s duly > authorized agent. Transfer of a right on a nonexclusive basis does not > require a written agreement." > > So that's why a written signature is required for the Clojure CA.
It says "Transfer of a right on a nonexclusive basis does not require a written agreement". As long as Clojure gets a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free license with EPL-compatible redistribution terms, that ought to be good enough, shouldn't it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
