----- Original Message ---- > From: Charles Marcus <[email protected]> > On 2010-10-31 6:56 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > Now, without copyright assignment/agreement (granted by the LibreOffice > > developers to the Document Foundation), the Document Foundation will be > > in the awkward situation I described: it manages a product (LibreOffice) > > but cannot represent the LibreOffice developers since it doesn't own the > > code. > Why can't TDF just add a simple, one-liner to its license stating that > any contributions automatically grant a co-copyright to TDF? Of course, > this would have to be made crystal clear to any contributors prior to > accepting their code, but I don't see why a specific signed document > would be necessary - I don't have to sign anything for an EULA to be > binding.
While IANAL, to my understanding at least the US requires explicit documentation of copyright assignment. So a license stating such would not work. So in order to be able to use it in all situation you have to play to the least common denominator legally - thus explicit copyright assignment. Again, IANAL consult legal counsel accordingly for something authoritative. Ben -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to [email protected] Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
