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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dan Boger wrote:
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> > I think we will be forced to drop files from the new library, until the
> > authors either agree to the new license, or the parts get recreated from
> > scratch. Of course, until we have some critical mass of authors
> > agreeing to a license, the new library won't be of any use to anyone.
>
>
> Another question: if Joe submits a new file, and later on Jane fixes it, how
> much IP does Jane really have on the file? More concretely, we're fairly
> confident the Jessiman's will agree to license all of James' files to the (new)
> library. Many of James' files have been updated over time. Are we then forced
> to roll back the clock on these updated files, unless we get agreement from the
> people who made the updates?
I doubt it.
Going by what I've seen in the Open source programming
environment, the file's original author is considered the
copyright owner, even after someonelse makes a bug fix or
some other tweak. If the change is big enough, (whole new
function, or algorithm, basically a new idea) then the name
of the author of the change might be added to the copyright
notice in the file.
In general, from what I've seen, only the copyright holder
needs to aggree to any changes in licensing.
-Kyle
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