From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32373 invoked by alias); 6 Oct 2009 15:12:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 32364 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Oct 2009 15:12:32 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:12:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D68DC2F78014; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:12:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MVga4Sm+7CDR; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:12:25 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4ACB5E56.2020705@ecoscentric.com> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:12:00 -0000 From: Alex Schuilenburg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edgar Grimberg CC: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8yvind_Harboe?= , eCos Disuss References: <4ACB4740.4030502@ecoscentric.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] APB - Copyright assignment X-SW-Source: 2009-10/txt/msg00029.txt.bz2 Edgar Grimberg wrote on 2009-10-06 15:37: > [...] > On the other hand, Graham Henderson or his employer cannot come now > and ask for compensation, since the files were under GPL (with > exceptions) from the very first place. This is a case where the > license of the code is clear, but the copyright assignment is not in > place. There are numerous GPL projects that have the copyright of the > file to the author of the file and the license is GPL. So, no need to > worry, there's no evil company trying to take anybody's product off > the market if that code is used... > Copyright assignment and licensing is one thing, patents are another. That is why the FSF assignment is a necessary evil. Re-read your assignment to the FSF and see what it says about use of patents, IP, etc. -- Alex -- Alex Schuilenburg >>>> Visit us at ESC-UK http://www.embedded.co.uk <<<< >>>> Oct 7-8 on Stand 433 at FIVE ISC, Farnborough <<<< -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss