Re: [SLUG] Re: Re: Copyright assignment + the GPL [Was: Streaming media servers]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<quote who="QuantumG">

> I think the real question is, what does the community gain by giving 
> their copyright to RealNetworks?  A proprietary distribution?  That's 
> hardly a plus.

You're making a general statement (that copyright assignment is bad), but
hanging on to a specific example [1]. Look at other projects that require
copyright assignment, such as Evolution, and see whether the points you make
apply equally.

- Jeff

[1] I'm not particularly interested in contributing to Helix for related
reasons (but not solely the issue of copyright assignment, which I believe
to be fair in most cases).

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