From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: New maintainer Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:48:30 +1000 Message-ID: <87obdbboxd.fsf@breezy.my.home> References: <87a9ovye43.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>, <871ua7zrvt.fsf@gmail.com>, , <87y5cfvgym.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>, <87ppxru1j9.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58095) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USuod-0008Jt-Db for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:48:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1USuoa-00061v-G1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:48:19 -0400 In-reply-to: <87ppxru1j9.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Cc: Bastien , emacs-orgmode Jambunathan K writes: > Bastien writes: > >> And it does not take too big a brain to understand why: if people >> were allowed to retract their assignment when they want for changes >> that have been published, the copyright assignment process would >> undermine the whole purpose of the GPL license, which is to make >> it possible to let *others* contribute to free code. > > As a maintainer of GNU project, I expect that you should have a basic > understanding of the purpose of the copyright assignment and GPL > license. From what I read above, I am not convinced that you have the > right understanding. Your articulation is clearly confusing and falling > short. As a former teacher of copyright law (University of Sydney), I think that Bastien displays a very clear understanding of the effects of copyright assignment. Your understanding is less than clear. Bastien gets a "Distinction" in my class. You do not. Of course, I know that you will think that I am confused. Bastien, thanks for your patience and help during your time in the hotseat. You've done a marvelous job. > > See > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AssignCopyright > > You assign copyright to FSF so that you don't have to enforce GPL. By > assigning, one outsources the legal work of actual enforcing to FSF. > Single holder of rights just makes the legal procedures lot more easy. > > A contract that cannot be enforced is worthless. A license that you > cannot enforce is equally so. > > FSF says, assign me the rights, I will go after all the violators and > force them to comply with GPL. > > Jambunathan K. -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:172385@iptel.org