On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 10:08, Henning Makholm wrote: > > All portions of governed files not labeled otherwise are owned by Hans > > Reiser, and by adding your code to it, widely distributing it to > > others or sending us a patch, and leaving the sentence in stating that > > licensing is governed by the statement in this file, you accept this. > > Adding things to the files without due notice of the change is > *forbidden* by the GPL. Essentially this notice seems to say that you > get the *additional* right to do such additions if you transfer your > copyright to Hans Reiser. Formally that amounts to a dual-licensing > scheme which is fine by the DFSG as long as one of the alternatives > (i.e. GPL) is free.
This is somewhat bogus. Reiser demands a specific form for the change notices required by GPL (2)(a) -- you have to remove a sentence. And this is certainly a requirement in addition to the GPL, which conflicts with section (6). Fortunately, this doesn't actually work in the US. You can't transfer copyright implicitly in the US -- you need signed paperwork (17 USC 204 (a)). -- -Dave Turner Stalk Me: 617 441 0668 "Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave." - Walt Disney
