-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/2010 01:41 PM, BRM wrote:
> However, all that doesn't mean it might not be good for TDF to offer > developers the choice of copyright assignment without requiring it; something > that would also be good to offer the estates of deceased developers when those situations arrive. But that is all - an option should the developer with to exercise it. IOW, what is needed is a document created by the foundation that is legally binding in the country that the foundation is located in, that enables either an individual or an organization to assign the intellectual property rights of either all of their contributions, or the contributions that are specifically identified and described in the document, to the foundation. This probably would be half a dozen or so documents, for each type of contribution, and contributor. jonathon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEUEARECAAYFAkzRo98ACgkQaC1raifmCuFcOgCdHtj1PIRl0YhOrLrqZLAH13EB xcYAmK23Pk8NNA92sBvP2Rem9YSDxng= =25M5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***