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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 04:05:20 +0000 From: freedomfromruin@...chan.it To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: rms@....org, bruce@...ens.com, esr@...rsus.com, moglen@...umbia.edu, bkuhn@...onservancy.org, editor@....net Subject: Why the FSF collects copyright assignments. The paramount reason Eben Moglen has the FSF accepting contributions only with copyright assignment is because the grantor of a license that is a gratuity (no consideration (read: usually money) given) can remove the permission regarding the use of his property at his pleasure. (Regardless of the story that was promulgated for the public ("only to have standing to sue under copyright, since the GPL is a bare license and does not give rise to contract damages") - which was and is a half-truth only (Yes: you do need to own the rights to a work to sue under copyright, Yes the GPL is a bare license, No: that's not the whole reason why one would want the author to no-longer hold the copyright))
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