Re:The "Work For Hire" Doctrine Almost Never Works in Softwa...
by rmc on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @08:05AM
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> On the other hand, the Free Software Foundation requires copyright assignment to give the FSF standing to defend the copyright - to enforce the GPL.
One reason for this is in case someone uses GNU code without following the GPL. With the FSF as copyright assignment, then the FSF can sue the organisation breaking the GPL. Otherwise the individual programmers would have to do it.
One reason for this is in case someone uses GNU code without following the GPL. With the FSF as copyright assignment, then the FSF can sue the organisation breaking the GPL. Otherwise the individual programmers would have to do it.