Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:06:48 +0200 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new |
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:20:07AM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le dim 20/10/2002 ŕ 23:51, Robert Love a écrit : > > On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 17:42, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > > > You're plain wrong. > > > > > > You both have the copyright on your work. > > > > It is called copyright _assignment_ for a reason. How the hell are two > > people supposed to simultaneously own a copyright on the same work? > > > > The assignment says (I quote) "I hereby transfer... my entire right, > > title, and interest (including all rights under copyright)... in my > > program". > > Last time I looked, it wasn't possible to relinquish copyright on your > own work, no matter what you sign. Maybe it's not like that in all > countries, after all.
It's not possible in Europe (most of it), but easily possible in the US.
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