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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/licenses gpl-howto.html |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:07:08 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 18/03/30 21:07:08
Modified files:
licenses : gpl-howto.html
Log message:
Clarify who needs a copyright disclaimer.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/gpl-howto.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.55&r2=1.56
Patches:
Index: gpl-howto.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/gpl-howto.html,v
retrieving revision 1.55
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -b -r1.55 -r1.56
--- gpl-howto.html 24 Jan 2018 03:55:50 -0000 1.55
+++ gpl-howto.html 31 Mar 2018 01:07:07 -0000 1.56
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
<h3>The copyright disclaimer</h3>
-<p>To avoid possible legal complications later, it's wise to ask your
-employer or school, if any, to sign a copyright disclaimer for your
+<p>If you are an individual, and you have an employer or study in
+a school, it's wise to ask your
+employer or school to sign a copyright disclaimer for your
program, so it cannot later claim that the copyright belongs to it
and that you had no right to release the program at all. This really
has nothing to do with the GNU GPL—it applies no matter which
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/01/24 03:55:50 $
+$Date: 2018/03/31 01:07:07 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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