> This is the main reason I dislike GPLwhatever: there is no notion > of "orginal author". You might have written 99% of the code, that
Every literary work (including thus software) has an author, and that author has certain rights which are implicit in them being author. > doesn't matter. You have no rights whatsoever once you release > something under the GPL (no more than ANYOne else). Wrong. The author has a collection of rights which vary by jurisdiction but which are primarily governed by the Berne Convention and its sequels notably TRIPS. > The GPL is nice for the community, and for the users - but very, > very bad towards it's authors (taking all and every right you might > have). If John Doe wants to re-release the whole kernel under You must be using a different GPL to the rest of us. > GPLv3, then all he needs is a website and some bandwidth. And a very good lawyer (oh and a GPL3 as there isn't one yet...) Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
