On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Eugen Dück <eu...@dueck.org> wrote: > Is it really necessary, though? We all agree to EULAs and make other > more significant legal commitments online all the time, and in some > cases without having proven who and where we are.
There are certainly some legal transactions that do not accept electronic "agreements" and require a physical signature. IANAL so I looked up US copyright law and found this paragraph about transfers in Circular 1 (from here http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-assignment.html ): "Any or all of the copyright owner’s exclusive rights or any subdivision of those rights may be transferred, but the transfer of exclusive rights is not valid unless that transfer is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner’s duly authorized agent. Transfer of a right on a nonexclusive basis does not require a written agreement." So that's why a written signature is required for the Clojure CA. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
