This points out the reason assignments are so important: standing. Ultimately the court looks at the “person” who is being “injured” and the way the US looks a

This points out the reason assignments are so important: standing. Ultimately the court looks at the “person” who is being “injured” and the way the US looks at things that’s the legal owner. The FSF tried to say that everybody was injured when the GPL is violated (a position I consider morally true) but as the article points out it’s no longer the 1980s. Note: I wrote the original blanket assignment (and executed it) and the first gnu library license (LGPL), though they have since involved. So my perspective is looking back at the 80s as well.