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Do you know what GNU's rationale is for requiring copyright assignment?
by somethingsimple 10y ago
Do you know what GNU's rationale is for requiring copyright assignment?
- artlogic 10y agoI'm no expert, but I believe the rationale is to simplify relicensing (GPLv2 -> GPLv3, for instance). I also think the papers disallow dual licensing the project with a proprietary license. There's more discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11953703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11953703
- femto 10y agohttps://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.en.html Because it makes it easier for them, as owner, to deal with copyright violations.
- GhotiFish 10y agoconversely, what's the argument against assigning copyright? I'm pretty sure the EFF can be trusted to keep nano open source.
- sundarurfriend 10y ago> I'm pretty sure the EFF Do you mean FSF here?
- GhotiFish 10y agooops. yah.