Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new

[Ben Collins]

> 
> The whole point of the copyright assignment is that FSF becomes 
> copyright owner.
> 
> This is so that Jeff Garzik cannot be strongarmed into changing the 
> license on his code, or some other anti-software-freedom tactic levied 
> against me in the future.  In theory, the FSF as an organization will 
> protect the rights of the software when I might weaken and give in.
> 
> 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.

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