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IncorrectIncorrectPosted Apr 20, 2005 14:43 UTC (Wed) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)In reply to: Incorrect by newren Parent article: Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld)
The copyright disclaimer form does provide similar legal protection to the FSF as a copyright assignment form. The main difference is that code covered by a disclaimer is essentially public domain, so the FSF can't bring a GPL violation case with respect to that code.
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Incorrect -- again Posted Apr 21, 2005 0:53 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] You misunderstand. There are two types of copyright disclaimers beingdiscussed. One is disclaiming copyright interest by directly putting a work into the public domain. The other is getting a sign-off from employers and schools that they do not claim ownership of a contribution by one of their employees or students. This does not mean the employee or student wishes to place the work in the public domain. It simply means that if they assign the copyright to the FSF that it would be a legitimate act and that the employer or school can't come along later and say they are the "real" owner and didn't consent to the copyright assignment.
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