On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Gordon Rowell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Has anyone actually owned the community version of e-smith/SME? When > >> Mitel bought e-smith, I bet they were mainly buying the people, > >> intangibles, > >> and marketing engine of e-smith. Most all of the code was/is GPL. > > > > The GPL is a license under which code is released by the copyright holder. > > The GPL explicitly states that anyone can modify and redistribute > copies as long as the license terms are maintained. So it is odds > with the normal concepts of ownership. No, it is orthogonal to ownership. The GPL doesn't change ownership at all. It is a license, given to non-owners, which allows them to distribute the work (unmodified, or modified). The ownership stays with those who create the work (or pay to have the work created as work-for-hire). The ownership (i.e. copyright) of SME server software is distributed among many parties. The majority of the SME server specific code is copyright Mitel; either produced by them, or purchased from e-smith, inc. --- Charlie _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
