if copyright assignment is so evil, why don't you oppose FSF requiring it?

Posted Feb 1, 2010 13:47 UTC (Mon) by skvidal (guest, #3094)
In reply to: if copyright assignment is so evil, why don't you oppose FSF requiring it? by AndreE
Parent article: Canonical copyright assignment policy 'same as others' (ITWire)

Canonical is a privately held company. They aren't beholding to anyone necessarily.

One of the virtues of being privately held is doing what you want/think is right BEFORE answering to shareholders.

if copyright assignment is so evil, why don't you oppose FSF requiring it?

Posted Feb 1, 2010 15:45 UTC (Mon) by andrel (guest, #5166) [Link]

In practice private corporations are more answerable to shareholders than public companies. Canonical's shareholder runs the company as he sees fit.