Re: FLA

On Thursday 06 February 2003 20:37, Richard Moore wrote:
<snip>
> Definitely. I for one, will not assign my copyright to anyone else. I
> do not trust the FSF at all - they have changed what they say the GPL
> means time and again, and I have no faith that even future GPL
> versions will match what I want. I have removed the 'future versions'
> clause from some of my code already, and I will do so for the rest
> should this become
> policy.
<snip>

1. FSF (NA) != FSF Europe
2. Read the FLA before trying to comment on it, _please_. You'd have 
noticed that you retain all use rights, esp. are free to re-license the 
code and re-use it anywhere you want. There's nothing that effectively 
changes for you, except that your code is cared for in court and if you 
lose interest or die. The contract becomes void if the FSF doesn't act 
on your behalf, etc, etc.

3. The question is not to assign your rights to the FSF(E), but to _KDE 
e.V._ of which you are apparently a member. That the e.V. delegates the 
enforcement of the (L)GPL for you to the FSFE would just be a needed 
workaround for the fact that the e.V. is not yet equipped to enforce it 
itself. If you don't trust the e.V., then why are you are member?


Marc

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