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Re: EB40A port is done!
- From: davidw at dedasys dot com (David N. Welton)
- To: Doug Fraser <dfraser at photuris dot com>
- Cc: 'Scott Dattalo' <scott at dattalo dot com>,"ecos-discuss (E-Mail)" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 16 Jul 2002 17:50:14 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] EB40A port is done!
- References: <E2D27064CD59574F88D05AEF5728396D0158FE64@PH01SRV02.photuris.com>
Doug Fraser <dfraser@photuris.com> writes:
> Even if you contribute directly to www.gnu.org you need to perform a
> copywrite assignment and possibly provide a disclaimer signed by
> your employer.
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_7.html#SEC7
> So, no, simply having GPL'ed the code does not absolve the
> maintainer from this responsibility. Having non-assigned copywrites
> poisons GPL'ed code.
Well, things like Linux are probably defensible, despite having lots
of 'poisoned' code. The bigger problem, maybe, for an organization
like GNU, is the possibility of changing the copyright in the future.
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