[OSM-talk] Fwd: [Fsfe-uk] FSFE releases solution to increase legal strength of FreeSoftware projects

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemeD.net
Thu Feb 1 14:26:49 GMT 2007


Tom Chance wrote:

> Of interest given the recurrent license discussions. To be clear I'm  
>  not suggesting OSM do this, but it's interesting to know that   
> there's now an easier, legally sound way for everyone to assign the   
> copyright on their to OSM (rather than us individually holding the   
> copyright.

Interesting. I think assigning sole copyright to OSM (i.e. contributor  
retains no copyright) would be a show-stopper for some people,  
including me. But looks like a worthwhile initiative for other projects.

cheers
Richard





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