+ 2014-02-19 Wed 11:03, Fabian Keil <[email protected]>: > My point is that in case of permissive licenses the licensee is > already free to reuse the software as part of a proprietary product > and thus doesn't need copyright assignment. > > > Copyright assignments are done for other reasons.
You really really underestimate the power that copyright assignments give to the assignee. The assignee is much more powerful than a mere licensee (for instance, to sue for infringement). -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Support Free Software, sign up! <https://fsfe.org/support>
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