Dnia 2010-04-06, wto o godzinie 07:17 -0300, Werner Almesberger pisze: > Patryk Benderz wrote: > > I am not an expert here, but don't you just give up your copy rights > > when publishing code under GPL license? > > You don't give them up in the sense of losing them. You retain them, > and they remain very much enforceable - ask gpl-violations.org :) > > Publishing something under the GPL does by no means imply that > you're putting your work into the public domain. > > By using the GPL, you also don't have to yield them to others, > although some projects may ask you to assign the copyright of your > contributions to the project. E.g., many/all (?) FSF projects have > such a requirement: > http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html#legal > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Papers > > You may choose to voluntarily assign your copyright (or equivalent, > in countries where copyright always remains with the author) to > others, e.g., to defend your work against inappropriate use. > > - Werner Thanks for explanation Werner, and for the links :)
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