On Thursday 18 September 2008 10:09:22 Randy Kramer wrote: > On Thursday 18 September 2008 09:20 am, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote: > > > Well..... but does the author remain THE author once there are other > > > contributions in that file? > > My understanding (IANAL) is: > > In at least some senses, no, or more accurately, he is no longer the > sole author *unless* those contributors have given (signed over) to him > all their rights as co-authors. (There are a lot of things I don't > understand, but one in particular is (are?) the moral rights of the > author that are considered in some other countries. My vague > understanding is that, whatever rights he may give away, he is still > entitled to have his name associated with the software as a co-author.) > > Assuming that has not occurred, he is not the sole author, and things > that might be at his discretion if he were the sole author are no > longer at his sole discretion, but require agreement of all the > authors. That's about how I understand things. Anyone have a different take? > > Among these: > * he does not have the freedom to change the license unilaterally > * he does not have the freedom to dual license the software > unilaterally > > Randy Kramer all the best, drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
