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[Jan Hudec]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:29:57 +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 24 Feb 2006, John A Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
> > Erik Bågfors wrote:
> > > 2006/2/24, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>:
> > >> Lets talk about how the top of a source file should look, so we can all
> > >> agree that we've agreed :).
> > >>
> > > 
> > >> # Copyright (C) 2006 by Canonical Ltd
> > > 
> > > Should all source be copyright to Canonical, does that mean that if we
> > > have contributed anything, we have to sign copyright over?
> > 
> > I would like to hear what Canonical has to say about this.
> > 
> > I realize it is easier if one entity owns all of the copyrights, not to
> > say people don't own their own work, just that more than one group can
> > have the right to copy. Having a unified group own everything means that
> > if there were ever a need to change the license (like the upcoming
> > possible move to GPL v3), it is nearly impossible without having a
> > unified group.
> > 
> > I suppose that might be one reason to keep Authors, though. Since it is
> > kind of a "and these people have rights to this code too."
> 
> Yes, we would like for Canonical to own the copyrights so that there is
> one person who can speak for it.  One example is that although the
> copyrights can say "GPLv2 or later", we might want to relicence some
> parts in the future under say the Python Standard Licence so that they
> can go into the python distribution.
> 
> (In fact the Python profiler is in a difficult situation because the
> author can't be contacted.)
> 
> Another reason to have it is that Canonical would like to offer patent
> indemnity to contributors and be in a position to defend any problems
> that may arise.
> 
> We did have a couple of list threads about this and had (iirc) fairly
> good agreement from people who were around at the time but I haven't
> followed up enough.  The copyright assignment should be visible at
> http://bazaar-ng.org/copyright/

I think you meant http://bazaar-vcs.org/CopyrightAssignment

As far as I know the wording is wrong in jurisdiction where I live (Czech) --
but I would have to consult a lawyer.

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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