Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> A more serious question is whether a minor can license his own work
without
>> his guardian's consent. I don't think he can.
> Boy, I hope that doesn't invalidate all the code (and copyright
> assignments) I wrote for FSF and Debian before I turned 18 :-)
It probably does. [...]
I asked rms about this a day or two ago, and he just got back to me:
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I believe I recall asking a lawyer about this and was told
that that problem did not apply to this kind of contract.
I asked again now to confirm.
