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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Linux and Authority To Contribute
  • Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:10:23 +0100

On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 04:07PM, Greg London <email AT greglondon.com>
wrote:

>A simple "sign off" document won't help against
>SCO-like suits because it doesn't associate the
>contributer's name with the code.

>From reading around this, associating the contributor's name with the code
>is the whole idea. At the moment, Linus Torvalds just sees the final
>check-in, which may have come through several people. This associates the
>name back to whoever is *claiming* they wrote the code. Not as good as the
>FSFs filed paperwork, but better than the current email fog.

- Rob.




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