Alex, --- Alexander Malmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gregory John Casamento wrote: > > --- Riccardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>SO I suppose anyone that takes some imaging code out of price and puts > >>it in GNUstep, provided the license is compatible, should retain my > >>Copyright. Or am I wrong here? > > > > Yes, you are wrong. ;) > > No, he's right. The copyright is his until _he_ choses to transfer it to > someone else. One can't take away his copyright simply by "take(ing) > some imaging code out of price and put(ting) it in GNUstep", regardless > of license. I was assuming that he was talking about himself putting something into GNUstep, not someone else. My mistake for missing this. Only the copyright holder of a given work can surrender copyright to that work. Transfer of copyright cannot be affected by a third party. > GNUstep policy is that changes must have copyright assigned to FSF, but > I think it's important to point out that the way this happens is that > _first_ you assign copyright and then it can added to GNUstep (and if > you don't assign copyright it _can't_ be added to GNUstep, due to > policy). There's no way anyone can take away your copyright just because > you license your code under the GPL. > > > GNUstep and other GNU projects must have the copyright transferred to the > FSF. > > For non-GNU GPL projects, it's okay for you to retain your copyright, but > for > > code contributed to a GNU project you must provide an assignment which > > transfers the copyright from you to the FSF, unless you release the code > into > > the public domain (as with tiff.m). > > Well, you're encouraged to assign copyright to the FSF for GNU projects, > but it's not required. See: > > http://savannah.gnu.org/faq/?group_id=5802&question=What_does_it_mean_to_become_a_GNU_package.txt > > (last paragraph) I wasn't aware that the policy was flexible. My misunderstanding. :) > Again, GNUstep policy is that changes should have their copyrights > assigned to the FSF, but there are parts of GNUstep that, as far as I > know, have not had their copyrights assigned to the FSF (e.g. the parts > of wraster included in -back). Some of the exceptional copyright notices > might be simple oversights, but this must be checked carefully before > changing them. I agree. > - Alexander Malmberg > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > Later, GJC ===== Gregory John Casamento -- CEO/President Open Logic Corp. (A MD Corp.) ## Maintainer of Gorm (IB Equiv.) for GNUstep. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
