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Perens: The Covenant - A New Approach to Open Source CooperationPerens: The Covenant - A New Approach to Open Source CooperationPosted Sep 27, 2011 7:48 UTC (Tue) by bignose (subscriber, #40)In reply to: Perens: The Covenant - A New Approach to Open Source Cooperation by BrucePerens Parent article: Perens: The Covenant - A New Approach to Open Source Cooperation
It seems to me that missing the point also describes organisations that insist on copyright assignment in the first place.
What do they think it will provide them that a copyleft won't? Why should contributors grant that organisation something more than what they're willing to give to all the other recipients of the code?
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Perens: The Covenant - A New Approach to Open Source Cooperation Posted Sep 27, 2011 8:45 UTC (Tue) by jrn (subscriber, #64214) [Link]
* With copyright assignment, it is easy to change license terms when flaws are discovered in the existing license.
* It becomes possible to negotiate and settle to resolve cases of copyright infringement. * It becomes possible to grant exceptions at a moments notice, for a good cause or in exchange for bribes (or both!). * When someone has a question of what the copyright holder will permit, it is clear who to ask.
Copyleft doesnt provide any of those things, does it? It might be a good thing or a bad thing, but its hard to say that organizations that insist on papers granting complete control over a projects copyrights are asking for something of no importance.
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