2006/9/20, Ari Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 9/20/06, Christian Vest Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2006/9/20, Dennis Schridde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Who owns the copyright on a file of sourcecode when the file has been
written
> > by dozens of people? Is it shared between all of them?
> I think I know this one: all of the people who have code in the file,
> have copyright. If, for instance, the file is to be relicensed, all of
> them must agree to relicense the file.
More likely, the copyright is held by a corporation or other business
entity, and not by the programmers themselves. In the US, at least,
works made for hire pass the copyright to the employer.
I was presuming the "file" mentioned above was GPLed. If you want to
relicense a GPLed file, I think you need to get concent from everyone
who have code in it.
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"All good software releases were accidents corrected in the next version."
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