2008/6/20 Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de>: > Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM> wrote: > >> I think having a single entity able to relicense the code base does >> provide the community a benefit, which is why it's seen in other communities, >> like the FSF copyright assignment for contributions to GNU projects, > > What the FSF tries to do is illegal: you cannot transfer the "Copyright" (*). > This is forbidden by law. THe maximum you can do is to give away "exclusive > rights to use".
It depends on which country you are from. Some countries allow copyright assignment or transfer. -- Shawn Walker
