Stupid Gmail/me On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:59:22 -0800, Anthony Gorecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:56 am, you wrote: > > Hi, I think there's a reason why lawyers spend a lot of time at law > > school and get paid a lot of money. > > > > If you have concerns why not ask a copyright lawyer or two? > > I believe that ensuring appropriate copyright use, thereby contacting an > attorney if necessary, is the responsibility of the Gentoo Foundation, who is > the alleged and intended owner of the code in question. If it were my own > code I wouldn't hesitate to seek legal advice, however seeking an attorney's > counsel on my own behalf in this instance would not serve to fix the problem > in the community, which is why I brought the issue to their attention. > > Assuming that I were to query a lawyer and confirm that Gentoo's current > methodology for incorporating contributed code is flawed with respect to > copyright assignment, what would ultimately be accomplished as a result of > that discovery? I do not have the ability to make the changes that would be > necessary to correct the problem, and I believe that the community's > involvement is needed to resolve it in a reasonable fashion for all concerned > parties. In either event, the corporate structure of Gentoo likely has access > to more appropriate legal counsel than do I, especially with regard to local > juristicion and venue. > > If you have no objection to sending this message back to the mailing list, > please forward it along for reference purposes. > Have you seen this slightly out of date page?
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