Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:39:07 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: underway@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <20040108.213907.112623273.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <9td69t98g4.69t@mail.comcast.net> References: <1073533525.650.59.camel@localhost> <20040108.105920.09775084.imp@bsdimp.com> <9td69t98g4.69t@mail.comcast.net>
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underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
:
: > Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> writes:
: > : Something like this might also jeopardize the
: > : project's "not for profit" status.
: >
: > The project is not a legally incorporated entity at this time, and
: > never has been in the past.
:
: And yet the "Legal" page carries a claim of copyright for "The FreeBSD
: Project"
It is a psudonymous work by The FreeBSD Project.
: and the "Copyright" page has that plus a similar claim for
: "FreeBSD, Inc." (For 2004, even.)
That should be changed.
: I've not seen a US statute about
: false copyright claims, but I think it would be less risky to say "all
: intellectual property is owned by its owners", in the manner of some
: trademark statements.
No, the above is perfectly legal under US and International Copyright
law.
: The "Legal" page could tell about using CVS to
: determine who owns what so they can be tracked down and asked if the
: copyright page is correct about what license they've got it under. :)
That's likely overkill, but might not be a bad idea.
: Whether the project is "for profit" depends upon the definition, if
: the project is claiming copyright ownership, because gains of
: intellectual property is considered (by US copyright law, at least) to
: be a financial gain. But lots of organizations, formal and informal,
: have financial gains without problems with being considered "for
: profit", so if someone sees "for profit" problems, they should be
: specific about what the problems might be.
For profit or not is irrelvant, given that there's no legally
incorporated entity for the project.
Warner
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