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Subject: Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
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Le dim 20/10/2002 ? 21:15, Robert Love a ?crit :
> On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 13:34, Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> > I disagree. I don't see anything in the copyright assignment (and I have
> > signed a few for the FSF) that says I don't retain original copyright
> > for my work.
> 
> That is only because they relicense the work back to you (and its GPLed
> you have a lot of freedom with it anyhow).
> 
> When you sign over your copyright, you relinquish it.  The FSF now has
> the copyright on your work and you do not.

You're plain wrong. 

You both have the copyright on your work.

	Xav


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