www/licenses why-assign.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/02/02 23:33:03

Modified files:
        licenses       : why-assign.html 

Log message:
        Explain this is only for FSF-copyrighted packages.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/why-assign.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.23&r2=1.24

Patches:
Index: why-assign.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/why-assign.html,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -b -r1.23 -r1.24
--- why-assign.html     10 Jun 2012 08:04:13 -0000      1.23
+++ why-assign.html     2 Feb 2013 23:33:02 -0000       1.24
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@
 by <strong>Professor Eben Moglen</strong>, Columbia University Law
 School</p>
 
+<blockquote>
+[Explanatory note added in Jan 2013: this point applies to the
+packages that are FSF-copyrighted.  When the developers of a program
+make it a GNU package, they can decide either to give the copyright to
+the FSF so it can enforce the GPL for the package, or else to keep the
+copyright as well as the responsibility for enforcing the GPL.  If
+they make it an FSF-copyrighted package, then the FSF asks for
+copyright assignments for further contributions, and this page
+explains why.]</blockquote>
+
+
 <p>
 Under US copyright law, which is the law under which most free
 software programs have historically been first published, there
@@ -63,7 +74,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/06/10 08:04:13 $
+$Date: 2013/02/02 23:33:02 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>