Re: Copyright issues re Debian website (was: Copyright issues)

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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:55:57 -0500
Jimmy Kaplowitz <jimmy(at)spi-inc(dot)org> wrote:

> (This is no longer relevant to OpenWRT, so I changed the subject
> line.)
>
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:55:38AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > There is another way to go about it. Where copyrights are not
> > explicitly stated, the Debian project can decide to uniformly make
> > clear its own copyright upon its own web site, and make a /public
> > notice /of its intention to do so, along with a call for past
> > contributors to oppose and ask for their contribution to be removed
> > before this takes place.
> >
> > This can be done in finite time. This is only a clarification of a
> > copyright that always existed. Anyone, past, present, or future,
> > who asserts that a never-formally-stated copyright of a portion of
> > the project's web site exists that is not owned by the project is
> > just trying to obstruct the project.
>
> Based on my layman's understanding of copyright law, I am uneasy
> enough with the assertion that this would allow free and clear
> transferral of all copyright in the website to SPI that I would want

The limit of this discussion should be the definition of explicit
questions to ask our legal counsel about copyright rules.

We are not attorney's nor should we or anyone else from SPI pretend to
be. Let's get the rule from the law.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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