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Confusion abounds :D > Sure. But if you're a FOSS project that they've contributed code to, with or without copyright assignment, that doesn't help you. You've
by Quekid5 5y ago
Confusion abounds :D
> Sure. But if you're a FOSS project that they've contributed code to, with or without copyright assignment, that doesn't help you. You've still got to rip it out.
That was kind of my point, at least. Anyone can fake a copyright assignment form if they really want to, so we're not better off asking for it?
- CRConrad 5y ago> That was kind of my point, at least. Anyone can fake a copyright assignment form if they really want to, so we're not better off asking for it? Dunno fersure, but probably yes, after all: If you're the project and have a signed statement, at least that shows that you're not just blithely grabbing whatever you can but are actually doing your best (WTF else could you do?[1]) to ascertain that you are in the clear. If the statement the contributor signed is false, that's on them, not you. ___ [1]: What you could do is perhaps have the statement include an explicit bit about "I don't have an employment contract that assigns this copyright to any employer / I have permission from my employer to sign away this copyright on their behalf; see attachment 2B". Dunno if these assignment docs already have that. If not, perhaps they should.