>>>>> Manoj Srivastava writes: >>> "Steve" == Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> I'd be happy to see "Debian". "The Debian Policy List" seems Steve> too nebulous, and SPI seems to out-of-the-loop. Just don't forget that copyright can only be assigned to legal entities. ``Debian'' is not a legal entity, but an individual or an ``Inc.'' like SPI is. If you put something like `Copyright (C) 1999 The Debian Project', without naming a legal entity, then it'll probably be treated as a pseudonym, which has different meanings in different countries. Steve> Hmmm, is it necessary that contributors formally assign Steve> copyright to whoever ? For significant (say, more than 40 line) changes, either their name as an individual should be added, or else an assignment should be made. Informal assignments are probably fine: something like ``by submitting a proposal, you agree to assign your changes to Software in the Public Interest, Inc.'' -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
