At 18.08 09/11/01 +0000, you wrote: >Timm a ?crit: > > The document that was signed by developers was to give partial > > ownership (or possibly complete ownership, I didn't read it carefully > > enough) of Freenet's code over to the Freenet Project Inc. non-profit. >[...] > >Oh, my. >Could someone (preferably Ian directly) point me to a copy of this document, >which I don't recall having ever seen, let alone signed, before someone sues >me over my schonky windows programming.
Here .... >Hi everyone, > >Please find below (and attached in word) an Assignment of Copyright in >Revisions of Freenet document. > >The purpose of this document, modeled on a GNU public license doc >(Assignment of Copyright in Revisions of GNU Classpath, Essential >Libraries for Java), is to transfer individual developer copyrights for >each developer's work on Freenet over to the Freenet Project, Inc., >our non-prof corp. that was formed some time ago. > >It's a straightforward document, and fairly self-explanatory. Please >take a look, and let me know if there are any questions. Otherwise, >please print out two copies, sign where indicated at the bottom and >forward to Freenet at: > >Freenet Project Inc. >2554 Lincoln Blvd #712 >Venice, CA 90291 > >Once received, we'll countersign and return a copy back to you, >along with a check from the Freenet Project for one dollar as >required. > >Thanks very much! > >Steven Starr >Freenet Project non-prof coordinator > >____________________________________________________________ > >ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT IN REVISIONS OF FREENET > >For $1 and other good and valuable consideration received from Freenet >Project, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation of the State of California, >hereinafter "FPI", the undersigned "Developer" does hereby agree as >follows: > >1. (a) Developer hereby agrees to assign and does hereby assign to FPI >Developer's copyright in changes and/or enhancements to the program >FREENET (herein called the Program). These changes and/or enhancements >are herein called the Works. > >(b) The assignment of par. 1(a) above applies to all past and future >works of Developer that constitute changes and enhancements to the >Program. > >(c) For the purpose of this contract, a work "based on the Works" means > >any work that in whole or in part incorporates or is derived from all or > >part of the Works. > >(d) FPI agrees to grant back to Developer, and does hereby grant, >non-exclusive, royalty-free and non-cancelable rights to use the Works >(i.e., Developer's changes and/or enhancements, not the Program that >they enhance), as Developer sees fit; this grant back does not limit >FPI?s rights and public rights acquired through this agreement > >(e) FPI has all the rights of a copyright owner in the assigned >copyrights, subject to the license grantback to developer stated above, >including the right to enforce the copyright in aid of the free software > >purposes of this agreement, and the right to use, license and distribute > >the works, or works based on the works, with the program enhanced >thereby or as stand-alone modules, all as made or acquired by developer >or in modified form. FPI may charge a fee of its choosing for the >service of distribution. > >2. Developer will report occasionally, on his/her/her initiative and >whenever requested by FPI, the changes and/or enhancements which are >covered by this contract, and (to the extent known to Developer) any >outstanding rights, or claims of rights, of any person, that might be >adverse to the rights of Developer or FPI or to the purpose of this >contract. > >3. (a) The parties shall execute such documents and undertake such acts > >as may be requested by the other to implement the letter and spirit of >this agreement and any conveyance stated herein, subject to a limitation > >of reasonableness of such request with attention to cost and time >burdens imposed thereby. > >(b) The undertakings in par. 3 (a), above, are without prejudice to the > >conveyance made through this assignment document. The intention of >FPI and Developer is that this assignment document will be supplemented >rarely, if at all, by other documents. > >4. FPI agrees that all distribution of the Works, or of any work "based > >on the Works", or the Program as enhanced by the Works, that takes place > >under the control of FPI or its agents or successors, shall be on terms >that explicitly and perpetually permit anyone possessing a copy of the >work to which the terms apply, and possessing accurate notice of these >terms, to redistribute copies of the work to anyone on the same terms. >These terms shall not restrict which members of the public copies may be > >distributed to. These terms shall not require a member of the public to > >pay any royalty to FPI or to anyone else for the permitted use of the >work they apply to, or to communicate with FPI or its agents or >assignees in any way either when redistribution is preformed or on any >other occasion. > >5. FPI agrees that any program "based on the Works" offered to the >public by FPI or its agents or assignees shall be offered in the form of > >machine-readable source code, in addition to any other forms of FPI's >choosing. However, FPI is free to choose at its convenience the media >of distribution for machine-readable source code and may charge a fee of > >its choosing for copies. > >6. Developer hereby agrees that if he has or acquires hereafter any >patent or interface copyright or other intellectual property interest >dominating the Works, the Program, the Program as enhanced by the >Works, or other enhancements to the Program, or the use of any of those, > >such dominating interest will not be used to undermine the effect of >this >agreement, i.e. the Foundation and the general public will be licensed >to use, in that program or programs and their derivative works, without >royalty or limitation, the subject matter of the dominating interest. >This license provision will be binding on the assignees of, or other >successors to, the dominating interest, as well on Developer. This >license grant is nonexclusive, as royalty-free and non-cancelable. > >7. (a) Developer warrants to FPI that his/her reports in accord with >section 2 above are accurate and that he is the sole copyright holder of > >the Works conveyed either now or in the future under this agreement. > >(b) Developer agrees to hold FPI harmless from damage arising out of >any breach of this warranty, and/or any adverse ownership interest not >reported by Developer and resulting in direct or indirect harm to FPI. >Developer's warranty and hold harmless obligation does not run to the >general public except insofar as damage to the public results in harm to > >FPI. > >(c) Developer is not obliged to defend FPI against any spurious claim >of adverse ownership, but will cooperate with FPI in defending against >any such claim and will indemnify FPI for all losses if the claim is not > >spurious, i.e. if the adverse claimant is a true owner and FPI is >thereby >damaged, including but not limited to the amount of all adverse damage >judgments and costs of litigation. > >(d) Developer makes no other express or implied warranty (including >without limitation, in this disclaimer of warranty, any warranty of >MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). > >8. This agreement and all conveyances made pursuant hereto are deemed >made in Massachusetts, this agreement and all such conveyances being >deemed made under seal, as of the date of fixation of any work covered >hereby in tangible form and, also, as of the date of execution of this >agreement by Developer. > > >Signature: _______________________ > > >Print your name: _______________________ > > >Date: _______________________ > > >Address: ____________________________ > ____________________________ > ____________________________ > ____________________________ > > > >Thanks for contributing to the Freenet Project! > >ACCEPTED: FREENET PROJECT, INC. > > >Steven Starr _______________________ "Quando uso una parola - disse Humpty Dumpty con tono abbastanza sprezzante - essa significa proprio cio' che io scelgo di dire, ne' piu' ne' meno." "Il problema e' - disse Alice - se puoi dare alle parole significati tanto differenti." "Il problema e' - disse Humpty Dumpty - chi e' il padrone. 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