David Kastrup wrote: [...] > That's actually why the FSF has to get copyright assignments for > "strategically important" software: they can't just reimport GPLed
According to the FSF itself, the FSF uses copyright assignments to avoid joint ownership issues stupid dak. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html "If there are multiple authors of a copyrighted work, successful enforcement depends on having the cooperation of all authors." To wit (from the Busybox lawsuit): "THIRD AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE (Improper Joinder) 38. As a further, separate and distinct Third Affirmative Defense to the Complaint and each claim for relief alleged therein, Defendant alleges that the Complaint improperly joins different defendants and/or plaintiffs and/or fails to join necessary defendants and/or plaintiffs including, but not limited to, all the co-authors of the alleged copyrighted materials. " I'll break it down for you: "Complaint improperly joins different defendants" For example, Best Buy, Inc. is such improperly joined defendant. "and/or plaintiffs" Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is such improperly joined plaintiff. And "all the co-authors of the alleged copyrighted materials" (i.e. "BusyBox, v.0.60.3." are necessary plaintiffs which the complaint fails to join. Got it now, silly dak? regards, alexander. P.S. "Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, exceeds the originality standards required by copyright law." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
