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Re: Copyright Assignment question
Dixitur illum wilson@specifixinc.com scribere...
>I can't speak for FSF Europe policy.
Since I'd like to feed back my diffs to binutils (and maybe gcc and
other software we use in MirOS), which is (c) FSF USA, I think that
is what matters.
[...]
>patches written by a corporation. etc. So FSF policy is that you first
>contact the copyright clerk, give them info on what is being
>contributed, then they fill out the proper form and snail mail it to
[...]
Thanks for the information, I'll do that.
>It is probably best if you use the standard FSF forms, even though a
>copyright assignment is not legal in Germany. It is legal in the US,
>which is what the FSF cares about.
This is, however, unacceptable as I'm very reluctant, for certain
reasons, to put myself under USA law.
>If you want, you could try asking the FSF copyright clerk if the FSF
>Europe forms are acceptable.
I'll do that then. Again, thanks for the fast and informative answer.
bye,
//Thorsten
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