Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-18 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:18:05PM -0700, Mark A. Biggar wrote: Has any FOSS developer ever been found liable (or even sued)? Not that I have any objections to this plan but it might be worth considering that it's much easier to sue a single entity then it is to file a tort against a few

Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-17 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
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

Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-17 Thread Allison Randal
On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:26, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: Does sticking Copyright The Perl Foundation at the top of a file constitute a legal transfer of copyright? No, there's no such thing as an implicit transfer of copyright rights. Which is what I've been doing but It's my understanding that

Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-17 Thread Joshua Hoblitt
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:34:50PM +0200, Allison Randal wrote: On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:26, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: Which is what I've been doing but It's my understanding that copyright can only be transfered by a written argument. Yes, and in fact we won't be doing copyright *transfers* at

Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-17 Thread Mark A. Biggar
Has any FOSS developer ever been found liable (or even sued)? Not that I have any objections to this plan but it might be worth considering that it's much easier to sue a single entity then it is to file a tort against a few tens or hundreds of contributors. Yes, the guy who wrote an open

Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-16 Thread Jonathan Worthington
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

Re: Copyrights in file headers

2005-10-16 Thread Nicholas Clark
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