Re: Basic legal question: Publication of a fix to psgml

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 03.04.2013 10:02, schrieb Dmitry Gutov:
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
> > In which way a CA-paper could avoid that?
> > What about the opposite danger: a company signs, provides crucial parts and 
> > withdraws CA?
> > See current discussions at emacs-devel on a lower scale.
>
> You cannot withdraw the assignment for code that's already accepted.
> That's the whole reason why that discussion on emacs-devel still hasn't
> stopped.

IMHO it hasn't stopped, because CA opens a completely new legal area above the 
GPL. Legal consequence from GPL
has been widely discussed, seem accepted and working.

CA, as we learned, is partly privately negotiated. While GPL is open, 
individual CA agreements are a not known.
To evaluate the legal state of different parts in Emacs wrt CA will need one or 
more lawyers.

Andreas