In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nathan Torkington) wrote:
> _brian_d_foy writes:
> > why should copyright go anywhere? my original point was that
> > copyright should not be asserted by those don't have it, even
> > accidently.
> Someone needs to grant reprint rights, and be the point of contact for
> such questions. It can't do any harm (anyone here going to *not*
> contribute changes to the FAQ if copyright is assigned to YAS?), and
> it can help stave off problems. I still don't see any reason why not
> to go with YAS as copyright holder.
i don't see any reason why YAS *should* have the copyright. why
should a third party which did not pay for the work be able
to have rights to it? it doesn't solve anything.
reasons that it shouldn't:
* every author has to legally transfer rights, which is
a paperwork and book-keeping burden that takes away from
YAS's true mission.
* the more of a headache for the contributor, the less
likely the contribution.
* every change has to be transferred to YAS, unless someone
wants to make contributors enter legal agreements with
YAS before they start work.
* the contributed documentation can be distributed
with Perl without a problem. what problem does
transferring rights to YAS solve?
* authors cannot reprint their own work, or reuse it,
since they no longer have rights to it.
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