This is the mail archive of the
ecos-discuss@sourceware.org
mailing list for the eCos project.
RE: APB - Copyright assignment
- From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: "eCos Discuss" <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:31:48 -0700
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] APB - Copyright assignment
> From: Alex Schuilenburg
>
> This is second third of the story and why it is important for
> contributed code to have a proper assignment before it can be
> contributed into eCos. Namely, to prevent the inadvertent introduction
> of unlicensed use of patented technology into eCos and to allow the
> continued use of the technology within eCos should it later be patented
> by the author.
I would think if code was legitimately contributed to eCos, then it couldn't later be patented anyway.
--
Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com
--
Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos
and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss