Copyright assignment forms

Copyright assignment forms

[Subs]

Hi there,

I am running a free software project and would like to provide forms for 
copyright assignment so that contributors assign the code for me. I have come 
across your forms at the following link

http://ecos.sourceware.org/assign.html

Could I use these as a basis for my own forms as I can't find any stock 
standard open source copyright assignment forms?

Kind regards,
Subs

Re: Copyright assignment forms

[Andrew Lunn]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:58:20PM +1300, Subs wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am running a free software project and would like to provide forms for 
> copyright assignment so that contributors assign the code for me. I have come 
> across your forms at the following link
> 
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/assign.html
> 
> Could I use these as a basis for my own forms as I can't find any stock 
> standard open source copyright assignment forms?

The FSF has something similar. You might want to ask them. If you in
future intend to become a GNU project it might be worth going that way
from day 1.

Is the eCos copyright assignment copyrighted? I don't see a copyright
clause with in. [snake swallows its tail and creates Benzene] Jifl, a
question for you i think.

         Andrew

Re: Copyright assignment forms

[Jonathan Larmour]

Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:58:20PM +1300, Subs wrote:
> 
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I am running a free software project and would like to provide forms for 
>>copyright assignment so that contributors assign the code for me. I have come 
>>across your forms at the following link
>>
>>http://ecos.sourceware.org/assign.html
>>
>>Could I use these as a basis for my own forms as I can't find any stock 
>>standard open source copyright assignment forms?
> 
> 
> The FSF has something similar. You might want to ask them. If you in
> future intend to become a GNU project it might be worth going that way
> from day 1.
> 
> Is the eCos copyright assignment copyrighted? I don't see a copyright
> clause with in. [snake swallows its tail and creates Benzene] Jifl, a
> question for you i think.

The original text was written while we were at Cygnus/Red Hat, and co 
copyright in the assignment text is probably held by them. The FSF 
assignment text is probably safer.

You can look at:
http://ftp.xemacs.org/old-beta/FSF/assign.changes
or
http://ftp.xemacs.org/old-beta/FSF/assign.future

Depending on whether you wish the assignment to be a one-off, or to assign 
all future changes as well.

Jifl
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