[ECOS] EB40A port is done!

[Koeller, T.]

My understanding always has been that everyone can release
software he/she wrote under the terms of the GPL. If the
author is not legally entitled to do so because a third
party holds any rights to that software, then it is a case
between the author and that third party.

I think I remember having read an article somewhere saying
that an author can, but is not required to, transfer his
copyright to the FSF. The benefit of doing so would be that
if some person infringed on the conditions of the GPL, the
FSF could take steps to protect the GPL.

tk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidw@dedasys.com [mailto:davidw@dedasys.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 2:50 AM
> To: Doug Fraser
> Cc: 'Scott Dattalo'; ecos-discuss (E-Mail)
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] EB40A port is done!
> 
> 
> Doug Fraser <dfraser@photuris.com> writes:
> 
> > Even if you contribute directly to www.gnu.org you need to perform a
> > copywrite assignment and possibly provide a disclaimer signed by
> > your employer.
> 
> > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_7.html#SEC7
> 
> > So, no, simply having GPL'ed the code does not absolve the
> > maintainer from this responsibility. Having non-assigned copywrites
> > poisons GPL'ed code.
> 
> Well, things like Linux are probably defensible, despite having lots
> of 'poisoned' code.  The bigger problem, maybe, for an organization
> like GNU, is the possibility of changing the copyright in the future.
> 
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