On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:45:22AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote: >... > The only way GPL'ed code can be become copyrighted by the FSF is if > you explicitly sign a copyright statement >... And even this is only possible if permitted by copyright law.
E.g. German copyright law explicitely states that copyright is not transferable except through inheritage. [1] And German copyright law says that if you are granting exclusive usage rights, you must get an appropriate payment. [2] Often much might depend on which copyright law applies in a specific case... > - Ted cu Adrian [1] http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__29.html [2] http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__32.html -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
