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Re: Regarding copyright assignment to FSF
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Maxime Devos |
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Re: Regarding copyright assignment to FSF |
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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:42:37 +0200 |
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Damien Zammit schreef op do 12-08-2021 om 12:18 [+1000]:
> Hi Ludo,
I'm not Ludo, but here's my response anyway.
(I'm interested in doing some small and larger things with the Hurd,
but I keep being occupied by other things and I'm having a hard time
understanding the inner workings ...)
> On 11/8/21 11:01 pm, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > It would be interesting to consider dropping the copyright assignment
> > requirement for Hurd/Mach/MiG. For what remains primarily a hobby
> > project, this looks to me like a hindrance more than anything else.
>
> I imagine it is slightly inconvenient for new contributors, but not a
> hindrance in my opinion.
> It ensures that FSF has complete control of the licensing.
> For example, how will FSF upgrade the project to GPLv3 if multiple people
> hold the copyright?
> (There are plans to remove the GPLv2-only code btw, as Samuel said).
When the code is GPLv2-or-later, replace v2 with v3 in the license notices.
If the code uses GPLv2-only code, first upgrade the GPLv2-only code to
GPLv3-or-later.
Upgrading the GPLv2-only code might be dificult if multiple people hold
the copyright, so for the GPLv2-only code, it might be a good idea to still
require copyright assignment.
> PS: Why are you promoting a widespread drop of FSF copyright assignment
> anyway?
> In my opinion, FSF is a better steward for copyright authorship than any
> company
> would be assuming you are working on free software on an employer's time and
> don't
> mutually agree with your employer to keep your own authorship.
FWIW, Ludovic does not seem to be promoting assigning copyright to employers.
> Even if you do keep it yourself, it makes it more difficult for anyone to
> enforce
> the GPL for that project.
A fair point, though I don't know how accurate that is.
Greetings,
Maxime.
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