manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 9 Dec 2006, Andy Sy wrote: > >> Ah... so does this mean that unlike GNU software, >> Linux contributors are not required to sign over >> copyright of contributed code over to Linus ? > > Have you even read the GRL, the license used by the Linux kernel? It > does *NOT* require you to "sign over copyright of contirbuted code" at > all. Where in the world did you get that idea?
To add to that, one of the projects where the GPL does apply and where you _have_ to "sign over your copyright" is the GNU project (at large) -- to have a patch included in the main codebase of any GNU project (i.e. projects under the stewardship of the Free Software Foundation), you have to sign over your copyright. Not so with the Linux kernel. -- JM Ibanez Senior Software Engineer Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
