"Brad Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is no 'Right to Sue', there are only Rights. If you think your
Rights
> are infringed, you may petition the courts to decide if they in fact have
> been infringed. The courts then decide how to you could be compensated for
> your infringement.
D'oh! Not "right", "standing." Sorry.
> If a contract assigns a Right (such as a copyright) to another party, the
> assigning party does not normally retain a right to seek legal adjudication
> on that right from third parties - that travels with the assigned Right to
> assignee.
What about a shared copyright? Since the author can't do anything against the
OGL without working with every other author who used his work, having a
copyright-share given to the OGF could expediate the process.
Of course, retraction of open work would be a side effect--the purpose of
cataloging would be to list who can press the suit on the OGF's behalf.
> In this case, the OGF would have to press the suit, and any reparations
> would be given to the OGF. The OGF could then disseminate any proceeds as
> it saw fit. However, in order for the OGF to act in this capacity it would
> need to be much more than an paper organization. It would need real live
> people to carry out these actions.
Maintenince of the OGF aside (which will come up regardless of what the OGF
does), in exchange for the shared-copyright, the author becomes an officer of
the OGF. Acting in that capacity, he could press a suit on behalf of the OGF
to protect what he wrote.
DM, who's showing how painfully obvious is his non-lawyer state.
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