I'm new to this ml, so maybe the question
is alreay answered (but I found no archive)
So, can someone point me to a website or explain
the relation between a sofware license and
a copyright.
As I understand it, the copyright holder can
define the a license on his work which stipulates
what you
Toon Knapen wrote:
As I understand it, the copyright holder can
define the a license on his work which stipulates
what you can do with his work without breaking
the copyright.
Just so.
Next I also wanted to ask if a copyright is
transferable.
Yes. In the U.S. (and in practice
From: John Cowan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Yes. In the U.S. (and in practice everywhere), such a
transfer must be in writing and signed by the
developer.
[DJW:] The Free Software Foundations
assignment form, quoted recently,
appears to be in the form of a
Toon,
If you are interested in a comprehensive discussion of U.S. copyright law,
licensing in general, and free/ open-source software licensing specifically,
you can check out an article I recently published on these subjects at:
http://www.vjolt.net/vol5/issue3/v5i3a11-Ravicher.html
Please
John Cowan wrote:
Toon Knapen wrote:
As I understand it, the copyright holder can
define the a license on his work which stipulates
what you can do with his work without breaking
the copyright.
Just so.
Next I also wanted to ask if a copyright is
transferable.
Yes. In
From: Toon Knapen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Do you mean that, if you release your work under
the GPL license that the FSF becomes automatically
the copyright owner ?
[DJW:] Gnu is not the same as GPLed. Gnu
is things like GCC, not things like the Linux
kernel.
As I already mentioned,
Toon Knapen wrote:
John Cowan wrote:
Toon Knapen wrote:
snip
For instance : is it best that
all developers in an open-source project transfer
their copyright to the project manager ?
That is a matter of opinion. Only the copyright holder
can sue for infringement, so
Toon Knapen wrote:
unless, I assume, one gives the copyright to the
other person from the moment the 'work' is created.
Since in this case the copyright is never owned by
the person who created the 'work'(is that
legal/possible), there is never a
transfer and thus no administration is
I'm asking for review and approval of the Common Public License. It can be
found here:
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license-cpl.html?dwzone=opensource
It is very similar to the IBM Public License with the same terms and
conditions.
The key difference is the removal of
pat perf wrote:
Listen, I would like to inform you that WE ARE ONLY STUDENTS!
We don't know where you can find copyright's informations...if you want more
information, try to enter COPYRIGHT IN YAHOO! or another Motor Site.
Thanks for your comprehension.
P.S: please stop E-Mailling ME
Steve Gerdt wrote:
I'm asking for review and approval of the Common Public License. It can
be found here:
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/license-cpl.html?dwzone=opensource
Disclaimer: IANAL. But you have lots of them.
This sentence from section 7, paragraph 2
On Friday March 02 2001 08:40 pm, Toon Knapen wrote:
I'm sorry if my question were off topic.
I only asked these question as to get some
more information such that I'm able to
choose a license (and legal stuff)
that best fits my open-source developments.
This is indeed the appropriate list
This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is hereby
established, etc. etc.
- Original Message -
From: "John Cowan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Toon Knapen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "license" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: license - copyright
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