Re: GPLv2 or GPLv2+

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On Nov 16, 2007 2:11 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt <[email protected]> wrote:

>   I put in a "reasonable best effort" on such things under the
>   circumstances, but it would have cost (more) real money to keep all
>   of those things in perfect order.
>
> Collecting copyright assignments is trivial business, and doesn't
> require any effort at all.  Infact, it is less effort than not
> collecting them, since if you do not, you end up with things like
> this.
>

Alfred, this is not a simple matter.  Since written forms must be
transferred and signed, for people employed this often  involves seeking
approval and that can take months.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 16, 2007 2:11 PM, Alfred M. Szmidt &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"> &nbsp; I put in a &quot;reasonable best effort&quot; on such things under the<br> &nbsp; circumstances, but it would have cost (more) real money to keep all<br> &nbsp; of those things in perfect order.<br><br></div>
Collecting copyright assignments is trivial business, and doesn&#39;t<br>require any effort at all. &nbsp;Infact, it is less effort than not<br>collecting them, since if you do not, you end up with things like<br>this.<br></blockquote>
<div><br>Alfred, this is not a simple matter.&nbsp; Since written forms must be transferred and signed, for people employed this often&nbsp; involves seeking approval and that can take months.<br></div></div>

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