Andrew Sackville-West writes: > you release code anonymously into public domain. companyA sees that code, > likes it, grabs it, incorporates it, copyrights and distributes it in a > closed source application. this of course is their right as there are no > licenses or rights attached to the code. simultaneously, userB sees it, > grabs it, incorporates it, and releases it under gpl. later, companyA, > having lost track of how it got the code, sees it in userB's gpl code and > sues userB claiming that they stole it, violated companyA's > copyright. userB ends up in court trying to defend themselves. If there > is no other record available of this code being in public domain, nor any > clear release from the author, then userB is effectively screwed.
CompanyA has to show that userB had access to their source code. Copyright is not patent. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
