OSDL announces Patent Commons Project

Posted Aug 11, 2005 4:48 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: OSDL announces Patent Commons Project by huffd
Parent article: OSDL announces Patent Commons Project

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.