It is customary to include addresses of the parties on contracts in the USA. With only a name and signature, I could always claim it was some other Jason Giglio that agreed to the contract.
There aren't many ways to enter a binding contract without risking "outing", since for it to stand up in court, it has to positively identify that party who actually agreed to it. The phone number could probably be dispensed with, and I doubt Linden Lab would reject your contributors agreement if you just wrote "no phone" in there. It's not unprecedented that someone might not have a phone number these days. Regarding compulsory patent licensing, that's a very good thing. If you note, it also requires automatic patent licensing to all recipients of the software. It's basically a patent poison pill to prevent patent trolling. The big catch here is that Linden Lab needs to get permission from every previous contributor in order to change the license. If even one of them objects, it may not be possible. It's a murky area legally to try to "surgically remove" a previously accepted contribution and then change the license. Under most interpretations of copyright law, once a work is a derived work, you can't make it not a derived work, although you may be able to start from an earlier version that was not a derived work. -Gigs On 10/07/2013 06:50 PM, Henri Beauchamp wrote: > On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:29:56 -0700, Andromeda Quonset wrote: > >> Henri: >> >> I am simply curious and don't want to cause any >> argument or additional arguments about the >> matter, and I support everyone's rights to privacy. >> >> I just looked at >> http://www.cnil.fr/fileadmin/documents/en/Act78-17VA.pdf >> - See chapter II, article 6, paragraph 3 >> >> That reads as follows: >> >> 3° they shall be adequate, relevant and not >> excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are >> obtained and their further processing; >> >> I don't understand how that applies. > > The requested info (snail mail address and private phone number) > are simply "excessive in relation for the purpose" (identifying > an author: see below). > Beside, that info is irrelevant to LL since it can change without > them being notified (the author in question may move and/or change > their phone number: mine changed 5 times in the last 10 years, due > to lines being opened, then closed depending on my needs and moves, > and to 2 ISP changes; I also already moved 3 times in 20 years). > All what it results into is putting the author's RL data at risk > of being "outed" on Internet and stalked in RL. > >> The other question I would ask you: when you register any >> original written work for a copyright in France, don't you >> have to put in some kind of identifying information? > > The forename, family name and your signature are enough > (normally complemented with your birthdate). Again, your > address and phone number may change anytime and are perfectly > *irrelevant*. > > I will also remind you how, back in 2007, LL got its customers' > payment data stolen by pirates... The stolen file was allegedly > crypted, but it doesn't change a fact: databases are vulnerable, > and I'm not going to endanger my privacy on Internet, in any way. > Call me paranoid if you wish, but my point is valid nonetheless. > > Henri. > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
