P Kishor wrote:
Any right is only as good as its defense in the court. Just because reputable IP lawyers may draft copyright assignments in works that don't yet exist doesn't mean that actual copyrights in those works exist.
Puneet, I don't claim that the copyright exists before the thing being copyrighted exists. Only that it is possible to write a contract that grants that copyright in advance of it actually existing. The actual assignment for each chunk presumably takes place as it is created and the copyright comes into existance. I am doubtful that this tangent is really important to the question of whether these folks can assign the copyright of their work-to-come to OSGeo. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
