On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 10:47, Benno wrote: > >More common with computer programs is the "rights assignment". You still > >own the copyright, but you non-exclusively assign all rights to another > >party. The FSF rights assignment is a good example. > > I was under the impression that rights assignment, especially the > FSF one is a transfer of copyright. I.e: FSF now owns copyright, and you > no longer own copyright.
I checked and you're right. The greedy pigs :-) They do have a disclaimer process (you move it to public domain and FSF pick it up from there) but that assumes a formal "public domain" to start with (something lacking in AU). > And a child is a full legal entity, at least in terms of being able to > legally own goods. Let's not got there, the powers of guardians and children concerning property are necessarily complex. I was making the point that the entities recognised by the Copyright Act are wider than the entities recognised by the corporations law; in particular, the unincorporated joint venture gives validity to notices such as Copyright  Samba Core Team, 2004. This is convenient as the UJV is a useful entity for free software projects (as it makes various liabilities fall out well). Best wishes, Glen -- Glen Turner Tel: (08) 8303 3936 or +61 8 8303 3936 Network Engineer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Academic & Research Network www.aarnet.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
