Does sticking "Copyright The Perl Foundation" at the top of a file constitute a legal transfer of copyright? Which is what I've been doing but It's my understanding that copyright can only be transfered by a written argument. This next statement isn't intending to stir up a flame-war but does TPF holding the copyrights really matter? AFAIK - The only value in having a single party holding _all_ the copyrights is to be able to change the licensing.
Cheers, -J -- On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 06:24:56PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 02:21:38PM +0100, Jonathan Worthington wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I keep running accros files that at the top of the file say they are > > copyrighted to individual people, then adding stuff to the code as surely > > many others have. Am I right in thinking that everything is supposed to be > > "Copyright The Perl Foundation"? This is what I've done with any new files > > I've added, but what is the policy on this? If there's some doc I should > > read, just point me at it. > > > > Just wondering. :-) > > I believe that Allison's answer from 3 months ago is still valid: > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 08:03:13PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:42, Will Coleda wrote: > > > > >I was under the impression that for any code to be included in the > > >parrot repository, that the copyright had to be assigned to the Perl > > >Foundation. But there are exceptions to this throughout the > > >repository, even in core files like imcc/main.c (Copyright Melvin > > >Smith). We have a file with a Microsoft copyright in the repository. > > > > > >What's the official policy? Is it documented somewhere in the > > >repository? (If not, can we get it documented?) > > > > The simple answer is yes, everything should be designated as copyright > > The Perl Foundation. > > > > But don't worry about it too much right now. After 12 months of work, > > we just about have the standard policy hammered out with the legal > > folks, and we'll do one big sweeping change sometime in the next few > > months. > > > > Thanks, > > Allison > > ( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.internals/30255 ) > > Nicholas Clark
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