3 ms·
Don't the FSF a several other software foundations have similar copyright assignment requirements?
by Daishiman 16y ago
Don't the FSF a several other software foundations have similar copyright assignment requirements?
- audidude 16y agoThe FSF doesn't intend to relicense your contributions under a non (L)GPL license, so it really isn't necessary as long as your contributions are under that license.
- wtracy 16y agoThe last time I checked, the FSF still requires submitters to sign a copyright assignment. Their rationale is that it is difficult in the U.S. to file suit for copyright infringement when copyright of a work is not held by one single entity. Still, there's a world of difference between handing over copyright to a non-profit organization that is chartered to further Free Software, versus handing it over to a for-profit corporation and hoping for the best.