In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary W. Swearingen) writes: : "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > Ryan Sommers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > : Something like this might also jeopardize the : > : project's "not for profit" status. : > : > The project is not a legally incorporated entity at this time, and : > never has been in the past. : : And yet the "Legal" page carries a claim of copyright for "The FreeBSD : Project"
It is a psudonymous work by The FreeBSD Project. : and the "Copyright" page has that plus a similar claim for : "FreeBSD, Inc." (For 2004, even.) That should be changed. : I've not seen a US statute about : false copyright claims, but I think it would be less risky to say "all : intellectual property is owned by its owners", in the manner of some : trademark statements. No, the above is perfectly legal under US and International Copyright law. : The "Legal" page could tell about using CVS to : determine who owns what so they can be tracked down and asked if the : copyright page is correct about what license they've got it under. :) That's likely overkill, but might not be a bad idea. : Whether the project is "for profit" depends upon the definition, if : the project is claiming copyright ownership, because gains of : intellectual property is considered (by US copyright law, at least) to : be a financial gain. But lots of organizations, formal and informal, : have financial gains without problems with being considered "for : profit", so if someone sees "for profit" problems, they should be : specific about what the problems might be. For profit or not is irrelvant, given that there's no legally incorporated entity for the project. Warner _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"