Rafał Miłecki <zaj...@gmail.com> writes: > -# Copyright (C) 2007 OpenWrt.org > +# Copyright (C) 2016 LEDE project
I've always wondered about the OpenWrt copyright assigment process, and this looks like a perfect opportunity to clear that up. Why do you assign the copyright to the project? What are the formalities involved here? Is there any paperwork? What legal entity is this "OpenWrt.org" or "LEDE project" now owning the copyright? How do you ensure that they use the code only like you intended after you donated it? I am used to open source projects like the Linux kernel, where every author keeps their copyright. Or projects like those managed by the FSF where you do hand over the copyright to them, by actually signing papers and mailing them in. Both methods have pretty clear legal implications. But OpenWrt.org has always been this odd one, where everyone just writes "Copyright (C) .... OpenWrt.org" seemingly without any thought about how that works. And the LEDE project does the same? What I'd personally hate, was if some bad guys got control over one of these organisations/projects and suddenly owned the copyright of all the work donated to them over the years. The bad guys could then legally relicense all the code under whatever license they wanted. Isn't that unnecessarily risky? IMHO the kernel model is nice for GPL'd code, since it pretty much prevents any relicensing at all. I think maybe a FAQ entry regarding copyright assignment would be nice. I am very confused by this. And a bit scared. But maybe I'm alone there? Bjørn _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
