Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:40:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:40:53 -0400 Received: from 2-136.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.160.136]:31965 "EHLO 2-136.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:40:52 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:46:47 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Ben Collins cc: Jeff Garzik , Richard Stallman , Subject: Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new In-Reply-To: <20021020173438.GK696@phunnypharm.org> Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1015 Lines: 26 On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Ben Collins wrote: > > But in exchange for that protection, you are willingly giving up your > > rights as copyright owner... Less freedom for [hopefully] better > > protection. Just like everything in life, it's a tradeoff... :) > > 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. I've heard this argument about BSD-licensed software, too. "So what if somebody makes a commercial version ? The free version will still be available..." Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ Current spamtrap: october@surriel.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/