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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?
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Hyman Rosen |
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Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses? |
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:54:56 -0400 |
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Tim Smith wrote:
Industry practice overrides a statutory requirement for a signature?
I think so. In any case, there is also 17 USC 203:
<http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html#203>
(3) Termination of the grant may be effected at any time during
a period of five years beginning at the end of thirty-five years
from the date of execution of the grant; or, if the grant covers
the right of publication of the work, the period begins at the
end of thirty-five years from the date of publication of the work
under the grant or at the end of forty years from the date of
execution of the grant, whichever term ends earlier.
(4) The termination shall be effected by serving an advance notice
in writing, signed by the number and proportion of owners of
termination interests required under clauses (1) and (2) of this
subsection, or by their duly authorized agents, upon the grantee
or the grantee's successor in title.
(A) The notice shall state the effective date of the termination,
which shall fall within the five-year period specified by clause
(3) of this subsection, and the notice shall be served not less
than two or more than ten years before that date. A copy of the
notice shall be recorded in the Copyright Office before the
effective date of termination, as a condition to its taking effect.
(B) The notice shall comply, in form, content, and manner of service,
with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by
regulation.
So even if copyright of a GPLed work is transferred to a second party,
that second party is going to have a very long time to wait to rescind
the GPL, even assuming I'm wrong about the signature requirement being
waived.
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, (continued)
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Barry Margolin, 2009/07/18
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Rjack, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Tim Smith, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Tim Smith, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, John Hasler, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Tim Smith, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, John Hasler, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Tim Smith, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/07/20
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?,
Hyman Rosen <=
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Tim Smith, 2009/07/19
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/20
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/07/20
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/20
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Rjack, 2009/07/20
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/21
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Rjack, 2009/07/21
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/21
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Rjack, 2009/07/21
- Re: Effect of transfer of copyright on free software licenses?, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/21