[OSM-legal-talk] Copyright Assignment

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Gervase Markham wrote:
> The new Contributor Terms contain the equivalent of a joint copyright
> assignment to the OSMF.

You have said that multiple times already, but I - and, it seems, others 
- don't view it that way. You do not assign copyright to OSMF; you only 
grant them a license to sublicense.

> That makes this recent article by Michael Meeks
> on copyright assignment in free software very relevant:

If the article is only relevant to copyright assignment situations, then 
I don't think it is relevant for us.

Bye
Frederik

-- 
Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail frederik at remote.org  ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"