Maybe I am missing something, but the German Copyright Act does allow the copyright holder to license the rights, just not transfer them, correct? If so, then the SCA is still okay, since the holder is merely granting all the rights to the project including the rights to re-license. The author continues to have full rights in the copyrighted work. The copyright is not transferred, which implies that the rights leave the original author and are transferred to a new copyright owner. The copyright is jointly owned, which does not lessen the rights of the original owner. As I said, even if German law does not allow for joint ownership, it would still allow for the licensing of all copyrights except ownership.
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