Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So what should it say? Would an extra line:
> Copyright (c)1998,1999 Debian Policy List Members
> be appropriate?
IANAL, but I believe that only a legally recognized entity (person,
organization, whatever) can assert copyright.
When Manoj asked me to assign copyright of my just-accepted proposal,
I responded, "sure, just tell me how." I'm still waiting to hear. :-)
Note that the FSF, which has more experience (and better lawyers) than
most of us, requires formal transfer of copyright to all patches and
whatnot. I'd *hope* that we wouldn't have to go that far, but I think
we're wading into murky waters here. (Murky is a cousin of mine.:-)
Perhaps we could a) arrange for the policy copyright to be transferred
to SPI, and (or) b) state in the proposal-policy that making a formal
proposal implies assignment of copyright. I dunno if it would hold up
in court, but with luck, it'll never come to that.
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