%% Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Actually this would not be a problem since the FSF never "hires" >> anyone to write code with that kind of employment contract. >> Whenever you write GNU code it's always copyright to you: before >> the FSF will accept it as part of GNU you must assign copyright to >> them. _BUT_, when you do they always give you back a license to >> use the code in any way you wish, including incorporating it into >> other, proprietary programs or releasing it under other licenses.
bs> As I said in another message, at least for some packages (emacs bs> and gcc) it is the FSF's stated position that they want copyright bs> assignments or code in the public domain. I don't know anything bs> further than that about the matter. It so happens I know a lot about it, from personal experience, and what I'm saying is that this is true for _all_ software that is copyright by the FSF, not just Emacs and GCC. They will not accept any non-trivial code unless you assign copyright to it, and they will always give you back an unrestricted license to use whatever you contributed. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
