> The intent is not to mislead, but present the reality. > I would argue that talk of "Joint", and "Shared" in copyright > assignments (by > contrast) is to market the unpleasant fact with meaningless > friendly sounding terms :-) ie. the plain truth is perhaps > not quite as obvious as you suggest.
I would agree with that statement. "Joint Copyright" is just for show. In practice, a contributor would have the right to use the code under the LGPL anyway, and if the code is derived from OOo, would have no rights to distribute the code except on the LGPL. The only right added by the "Joint Copyright" is the right to sue for copyright violation, which is again, not a right that will probably ever be put into practice. In summary, the "Joint Copyright" does not add any useful rights that the contributor would not otherwise have, and is therefore just for show. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
