On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 08:59:46PM +0200, Meir Michanie wrote:
> I remember visiting the GNU site and getting lost there.
> I was searching for the guide: how to register a program as opensource
> GPL license.
There are few issues here:
In most countries, the fact that you wrote something, by itself,
gives you the right to decide what to do with it. So if you add
a note saying "This program is released under the terms of the
GPL blah blah blah" - by law, it is. You don't need to register
anything anywhere.
If you are afraid that someone will try to steal it from you, and
assuming you don't have the financial resources to fight, you can
ask someone else to help you - e.g., the FSF is willing to get the
rights to GPL-licensed programs and will (naturally) defend it in
court.
(a few minutes to search for examples:)
Well, I couldn't find official stuff on fsf.org, so I googled for
"transfer rights fsf", and the sixth result is from someone that
wants to do just this. A follow-up from RMS explains how to do so.
Note this is by no means a recommendation by me to do so. For one
example why not to do so google for "glibc takeover".
Registereing something as opensource is completely different. If it's
GPLed, it's automatically opensource. If you want to license it with
a different license, one which is not yet approved, you have to ask
the OSI for approval.
>
> I am sure that it is more that just adding a comment on the sources.
>
> any pirate can rip it off, register the software and then take me to
> court saying that I stealed his code.
>
> at the other hand, how do you stop stupid ppl from registering garbage?
> --
> Meir Michanie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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