From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFC15385E83C for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:14:38 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org AFC15385E83C Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-562-y56ysNS6MyeiQcB3XgRcPw-1; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:14:36 -0400 X-MC-Unique: y56ysNS6MyeiQcB3XgRcPw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E07388C8741; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:14:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-112-228.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.228]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3AE75C1A3; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:14:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Siddhesh Poyarekar Cc: Eli Zaretskii , libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. References: <4369849.fY2oj7UdlA@omega> <83sg17rrf6.fsf@gnu.org> <83k0misbni.fsf@gnu.org> <3e0c8f21-422b-ffd6-d939-49f88f09cac7@gotplt.org> <83fsx6s9so.fsf@gnu.org> <2619fea4-4fb4-84cf-b9d2-f1ef21d40bcb@gotplt.org> <83a6nerxhg.fsf@gnu.org> <42bd0b29-7bcd-1c3a-4fde-269d869b0afb@gotplt.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:14:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <42bd0b29-7bcd-1c3a-4fde-269d869b0afb@gotplt.org> (Siddhesh Poyarekar's message of "Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:41:49 +0530") Message-ID: <87mtre9m53.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:14:39 -0000 * Siddhesh Poyarekar: > On 6/25/21 5:02 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>> From: Siddhesh Poyarekar >>> Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org >>> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:13:57 +0530 >>> >>> ... actually I should correct myself based on Florian's comment. The >>> copyright ownership does get transferred to the assignee and the >>> assigner is granted back an unhindered, unlimited *use* license. >> "Use" that includes the rights to distribute under any conditions. >> How is this different from ownership? > > Nope, use and distribute are two different things. =E2=80=9CUse=E2=80=9D is a technical term for exploiting rights under copyr= ight. Such rights include making copies and distributing them. Thanks, Florian