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Copyrights and GPL - perhaps IBM should hang on to copyrights in futureCopyrights and GPL - perhaps IBM should hang on to copyrights in futurePosted Sep 26, 2003 20:28 UTC (Fri) by dwalters (guest, #4207)In reply to: Copyrights and GPL - perhaps IBM should hang on to copyrights in future by namaseit Parent article: IBM Files New Claims Against SCO in Linux Case (Dow Jones)
> Incorrect. I don't believe anything I said was incorrect. I believe I fully understand the GPL (well, at least I scored full marks on the GNU's Free Software Licensing Quiz :-), and I think I have a good grasp of copyright issues. An author can (and many have) assign the copyright ownership of any work to another person or legal entity (such as the FSF). When you do this, you've essentially transferred all rights under copyright law to the recipient. The point is that when a work is released under the GPL, it is just as free (as in freedom), and will always remain free, whoever holds the copyright. However, it's only the legal copyright owner (not necessarily the same as the original author) who has rights under copyright law to sue infringers.
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