On Saturday 09 December 2006 13:36, Andy Sy wrote:
> JM Ibanez wrote:
> > precisely because *there is no single owner of the Linux
> > kernel codebase*.
>
> Ah... so does this mean that unlike GNU software,
> Linux contributors are not required to sign over
> copyright of contributed code over to Linus ?
From the COPYING file on your Linux kernel source:
Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux
kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Anyway, the GPL (and LGPL) doesn't require you to assign copyright to your
patches to the original copyright holder or to another entity as long as your
patch is distributed under the GPL or a GPL-compatible license.
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Gideon N. Guillen
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