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Re: Are copyright assignments detrimental to eCos?
Hi, Andy,
Andy Jackson <andy@xylanta.com> wrote:
> > The catch is that in order for it to be included into anoncvs, the
> > owner of the code has to agree and transfer the copyright to FSF. So i
> > cannot just pick up eCosCentric code and commit it. eCosCentric have
> > to agree to it as copyright owner.
> >
> From an academic interest point of view, is this true for the parts
> that have been derived from existing GPL licenced files? Surely the
> whole point of the GPL is that you can't withhold a derivative work?
This is not a question of GPL here, it's a question of anoncvs
maintainers policy. You cannot force anyone to accept code into their
CVS tree.
Regards,
Markus
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