Re: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new

Robert Love (rml@tech9.net)
20 Oct 2002 18:23:25 -0400


On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 18:20, Xavier Bestel wrote:

> Last time I looked, it wasn't possible to relinquish copyright on your
> own work, no matter what you sign. Maybe it's not like that in all
> countries, after all.

It is certainly not like that in the United States and in most European
countries.

For example, think of software written for any commercial software
developer. Or, when you write a book, you sign the rights over to a
publisher.. etc. etc.

Copyright assignment is a normal part of the copyright process.

Robert Love

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