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

Posted Feb 3, 2010 3:15 UTC (Wed) by jmm82 (guest, #59425)
In reply to: if copyright assignment is so evil, why don't you oppose FSF requiring it? by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Canonical copyright assignment policy 'same as others' (ITWire)

If the Linux kernel DID want to change its license it would an interesting
scene to say the least.

If copyright assignment of the Linux kernel had been given to the FSF then
the Linux kernel would most likely be gplv3 now. So non-profit or profit
assignment is assignment. There wouldn't be assignment if some rights were
not lost.

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

Posted Feb 3, 2010 3:21 UTC (Wed) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

if the kernel copyrights had been signed over to the FSF, that code would definitely be GPLv3 right now, even over the objections of the developers. Given how opposed many of those developers are, it would probably have triggered a fork in the kernel.