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    SubjectRe: Bitkeeper outrage, old and new
    On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 12:20:07AM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:

    > Le dim 20/10/2002 ŕ 23:51, Robert Love a écrit :
    > > On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 17:42, Xavier Bestel wrote:
    > >
    > > > You're plain wrong.
    > > >
    > > > You both have the copyright on your work.
    > >
    > > It is called copyright _assignment_ for a reason. How the hell are two
    > > people supposed to simultaneously own a copyright on the same work?
    > >
    > > The assignment says (I quote) "I hereby transfer... my entire right,
    > > title, and interest (including all rights under copyright)... in my
    > > program".
    >
    > Last time I looked, it wasn't possible to relinquish copyright on your
    > own work, no matter what you sign. Maybe it's not like that in all
    > countries, after all.

    It's not possible in Europe (most of it), but easily possible in the US.

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    Vojtech Pavlik
    SuSE Labs
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