Re: [Texi2html-bug] Re: about public domain code in texi2html

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Donnerstag, 6. November 2008 schrieb Karl Berry:
>     I think that we retain copyright over our own work, and FSF is also
>     copyright holder. But I may be wrong.
>
> No, the assignment agreement makes the FSF the copyright holder of the
> code being assigned.  But the agreement that you sign also "grants back"
> to you (the author) the right to do anything you want with the code.

Actually, that's the situation in the US. Here in Europe (and AFAICS, Patrice 
is European), you cannot assign the copyright. In this case, the forms -- at 
least the forms that assign copyright to the FSFE, I don't know about the FSF 
forma -- (exclusively) assign all exploitation rights to the FSF, while the 
author retains the moral rights, which he can't even waive by law. The FSF, 
however, grants back a non-exclusive license to all exploitation rights. In 
effect, the outcome is the same as with US-law, just the legal concepts are 
different.
You can then do anything with the code, except those things that require 
exclusive rights.

Cheers,
Reinhold

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