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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:46:47 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Ben Collins wrote:

> > But in exchange for that protection, you are willingly giving up your
> > rights as copyright owner...  Less freedom for [hopefully] better
> > protection.  Just like everything in life, it's a tradeoff... :)
>
> I disagree. I don't see anything in the copyright assignment (and I have
> signed a few for the FSF) that says I don't retain original copyright
> for my work.

I've heard this argument about BSD-licensed software, too.

"So what if somebody makes a commercial version ?
 The free version will still be available..."

Rik
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