On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:20:45 +0200, Jorge wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:45:16 +0200 > Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...which forces the obligation on your part to provide the source to > > whomever you provides your modification to. And, doing contract > > work for them on their HW, you probably have complied to the GPL > > here. ;-) > > The modifications of the code I've done at home are mine, and I wanted > them to be licensed under the GPL. No problem here. > > > ..they hired you to do contract work or some such? No need for a > > long "flame war", the laws may well be differeing between our > > countries on how copyright laws applies to this and the GPL. > > Err... actually, I'm part of the organization. ..ah, that could mean the organization owns your code. Should be part of the agreements, contracts, laws etc ruling your organization and your membership there. > And copyright laws in France are probably not out of the ordinary. ..define "ordinary" etc. ;-) Or, better, don't. ;-) > However, on a side note, there has been an article recently in "Linux > Magazine" (published in France) by someone studying law who wrote that > the GPL might be considered illegal in France, because you can't > transfer all distribution rights for an unlimited period of time (it's > like a contract and has to end sometime, this was done to protect > other intellectual works, art and the such). I hope the FSF (and > French LUGs) will find some way to rewrite the GPL for France / Europe > and other countries, because the solution is probably to have a > different GPL license if the law is different, it would be less > elegant yet maybe safer. ..correct, this addendum was set up to fix that problem: http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/fla.en.html -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
