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OSDL announces Patent Commons ProjectOSDL announces Patent Commons ProjectPosted Aug 10, 2005 15:10 UTC (Wed) by huffd (guest, #10382)Parent article: OSDL announces Patent Commons Project
I'm curious how this would work. I've noticed how the rights to several GPL'ed packages have been "transferred" to corporations. My most recent discovery was gtoaster. Now I'm wondering how if code were contributed to this type of organization how it would affect the GPL status or be given it's own legal standing? Also if it would prevent code from disappearing under a private label?
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OSDL announces Patent Commons Project Posted Aug 11, 2005 4:48 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] The copyright owners can do what they wish with the code. If you're the only developer of a GPLed program, you own the copyright, which means you can take it proprietary, or sell it to someone who then does this.People who contribute code to the FSF get a signed contract, binding on the FSF, that obligates the FSF to keep the code free.
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