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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
November 30, 2004 19:26
Subject:
Re: License for the Cwd module
Message ID:
20041201032640.GB14796@windhund.schwern.org
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 05:11:17PM -1000, Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> There's "formalism" and then there's the GNU mess.  All I was suggesting 
> (Btw -
> IANAL) is that there be some sort of generic form to assign copyright 
> ownership
> to TPF that people can just put their name on (and possibly sign) then
> email/fax/snailman/teleport to TPF.  It doesn't even have to be compulsory.

Ya know, the FSF folks do actually know a lot about this.  If nothing else,
some of them ARE lawyers and can give us advice on what's a good idea and
what isn't.

One fellow at OSCON was fairly chomping at the bit wanting to help with 
Perl's licensing and copyright issues.  Shame I can't remember his name.
(It wasn't Brad Khun, who, incidentally, has mellowed).


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