Incorrect -- again
Posted Apr 21, 2005 0:53 UTC (Thu) by
Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to:
Incorrect by jamesh
Parent article:
Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org (ComputerWorld)
You misunderstand. There are two types of copyright disclaimers being
discussed. 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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