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When does the FSF own your code?When does the FSF own your code?Posted Mar 27, 2013 5:44 UTC (Wed) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)Parent article: When does the FSF own your code? Jonathan wrote: One could argue that he is almost certainly wrong and should be dismissed as an obvious troll, but there is still an interesting point raised by this discussion. Under USA statutory law, "A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent" (17 U.S.C. section 204(a)). So, it seems reasonable to conclude that formal title passes precisely whenever that signed note or memorandum gets written and conveyed from donor to recipient. I don't believe the question of whether Jambunathan's work has yet been redistributed by the recipient has any bearing whatsoever on the ownership question, and don't understand why this is being asserted or debated. It has no obvious relevance. (The statute's phrase 'by operation of law' encompasses situations like inheritance or various other possibilities other than a sale or donation.) Best Regards,
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