On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:18:05PM -0700, Mark A. Biggar wrote:
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> >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 again
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 sou
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:34:50PM +0200, Allison Randal wrote:
> On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:26, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
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> >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 *tran
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 co
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
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
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 f
