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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by pabs3 on Thursday April 02, 2020 @07:54AM (#22758057)
I wonder what effect your proposal would have on open source software.
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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by Chris2048 on Thursday April 02, 2020 @08:05AM (#22758118)
I think F(L)OSS is need of reform too. Authors often get a raw deal.
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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by krapp on Thursday April 02, 2020 @08:07AM (#22758125)
None. By definition no one owns free/open source software (at least not the code itself, the same can't be said for trademarks like logos and names) so it's impossible to "infringe" upon.
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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by emddudley on Thursday April 02, 2020 @09:00AM (#22758411)
Authors own the copyright to FOSS code they write. If they are contributing to a project, they (usually) allow the project to use the code using the same license as the project. In certain cases contributors may sign copyright assignment agreements, but the copyright doesn't go away.

If the authors didn't retain copyright ownership, how would they enforce the terms of the license? The GPL would be unenforceable.

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