Re: [Nano-devel] ruby syntax highlighting patterns

[John M. Gabriele]

--- Jordi Mallach <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 03:40:17PM -0700, John M. Gabriele wrote:
> > Jupp got back to me (promptly!) and says:
> > 
> > "I am the copyright holder and to my knowledge the german legal system
> > - in contrast to the anglo-saxon one - does not allow me to change
> > this. I can only allow others to use my work."
> > 
> > If that's the case, how do *any* germans contribute to GNU software?
> 
> Jupp is correct. What the FSF asks for is for copyright disclaimers, or
> for copyright assignments. The works are still copyrighted by Jupp, but
> it is assigned to the FSF.
> 
> In Jupps case, disclaiming the copyright would be best, as it's a small
> snippet.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html

Thanks Jordi. I let him know.


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