Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:03:43 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <underway@comcast.net>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKOEDKJHAA.davids@webmaster.com> In-Reply-To: <35u1357fbm.135@mail.comcast.net>
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> Well, I know that it's legal to omit one's own copyright claim, but > for some organization to lay claim to copyrights owned by you or me > seems very wrong. It's a violation of BSD-type licenses and a > violation of the concept of attribution that is behind the licenses. > A legal entity has made the false claim of copyright ownership, > whether that's an informal organization or the person who wrote the > claim with a pseudonym. I'm not sure how you or I have been damaged, > but I supose that a lawyer could find a way. Anyone who can legally created derived or aggregated works from a work to which you hold copyright may place their own copyright on those derived or aggregated works. This in no way affects your original copyright. DS
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