Copyright assignment - Once bitten, twice shy (The H)

The H has put up a lengthy look at copyright assignment policies. There may not be much new here for LWN readers, but it's a reasonable summary of the anti-assignment position. "But it isn't just the paperwork that causes friction. The code may be released under a copyleft licence, but once the copyright has been re-assigned, you have surrendered your rights, and the new owner is able to apply all the toxic conditions and ramifications that apply to any closed source licence in a simultaneous release of your code. The developer has the option of forking the code, but this is not what you are aiming for when you contribute to a free software project."

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