Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread none
This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is hereby established, etc. etc. - Original Message - From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Toon Knapen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "license" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Frid

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread David Johnson
On Friday March 02 2001 08:40 pm, Toon Knapen wrote: > I'm sorry if my question were off topic. > I only asked these question as to get some > more information such that I'm able to > choose a license (and legal stuff) > that best fits my open-source developments. This is indeed the appropriate

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Toon Knapen
d, this ml is exactly targeted at discussing open-source licenses. I'm sorry if I was wrong. toon > > >From: Toon Knapen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: license <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: license <-> copyright > >Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 15:18:0

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread John Cowan
Toon Knapen wrote: > unless, I assume, one gives the copyright to the > other person from the moment the 'work' is created. > Since in this case the copyright is never owned by > the person who created the 'work'(is that > legal/possible), there is never a > transfer and thus no administration

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Frank Hecker
Toon Knapen wrote: > John Cowan wrote: > > Toon Knapen wrote: > > > For instance : is it best that > > > all developers in an open-source project transfer > > > their copyright to the project manager ? > > > > That is a matter of opinion. Only the copyright holder > > can sue for infringement, s

RE: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Dave J Woolley
> From: Toon Knapen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Do you mean that, if you release your work under > the GPL license that the FSF becomes automatically > the copyright owner ? > [DJW:] Gnu is not the same as GPLed. Gnu is things like GCC, not things like the Linux kernel. As I already mention

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Toon Knapen
John Cowan wrote: > > Toon Knapen wrote: > > > As I understand it, the copyright holder can > > define the a license on his work which stipulates > > what you can do with his work without breaking > > the copyright. > > Just so. > > > Next I also wanted to ask if a copyright is > > transferabl

RE: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Ravicher, Daniel B.
, NY 10019 p. 212.315.8032 f. 212.586.7878 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.brobeck.com/ -Original Message- From: Toon Knapen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:18 AM To: license Subject: license <-> copyright I'm new to this ml, so maybe the questi

RE: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Dave J Woolley
> From: John Cowan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Yes. In the U.S. (and in practice everywhere), such a > transfer must be in writing and signed by the > developer. > [DJW:] The Free Software Foundations assignment form, quoted recently, appears to be in the form of a co

Re: license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread John Cowan
Toon Knapen wrote: > As I understand it, the copyright holder can > define the a license on his work which stipulates > what you can do with his work without breaking > the copyright. Just so. > Next I also wanted to ask if a copyright is > transferable. Yes. In the U.S. (and in practice e

license <-> copyright

2001-03-02 Thread Toon Knapen
I'm new to this ml, so maybe the question is alreay answered (but I found no archive) So, can someone point me to a website or explain the relation between a sofware license and a copyright. As I understand it, the copyright holder can define the a license on his work which stipulates what you c