Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Traversal Technology is the sole copyright owner of the Work, > > I'm not sure about international involvement, but something like this > isn't really compatible with German (and probably European) law, as > far as I know. The FSFE (free software foundation europe) drafted > something like the FSF's copyright assignment paper for use in > Germany, which shows the differences quite well.
IANAL, but in Germany exist do kinds of rights: the author's rights
('Urheberrecht') and the exploitation right ('Verwertungsrecht'). The
exploitation right should be similar to the US-American copyright: The
author can give the right of exploitation to another
person/institution. This is common practice in publishing
corporations. The author's rights ('Urheberrecht') cannot be handed
over, it always stays with the author.
So I think if the statement says something like 'the author grants all
rights of distribution to Traversal ...' that should be ok. But then
again, IANAL ;>
Greetings,
Mattes
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