Re: Copyright Assignment question

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Thorsten,

> > I can't speak for FSF Europe policy.

Neither can I, but I know a man who can...

> > 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.

I put your original question to the FSF Copyright Clerk.  This was his 
response:

: I took your question to our Executive Director. The FLA is a new
: assignment document. Our Executive Director and the President of FSF
: Europe have been and are discussing the implementation of the FLA. This
: matter should be decided in a timely fashion, at which point I will let
: you know more. Thus, for the time being if the person wants to assign,
: they should use the standard procedure.

So for now you have two choices - use the standard, US based procedure, 
or wait until the FSF resolves the issue and then, depending upon their 
resolution, decide what to do.

Cheers
  Nick