[Nagiosplug-devel] Contributing patches and retaining copyright

[Holger Weiss]

* Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> [2009-05-06 14:17]:

> > > We're following advice given by FSF: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AssignCopyright
> 
> Basically they are saying:
> 
> 	If we are the copyright owners then we can legally bash anyone who
> 	infringes the copyright.
> 
> I can see their point, it makes life simpler.
> 
> However: if that situation were to arise with nagios plugins, then
> there is no reason why the different plugin owners could not give
> Ton Voon/whoever the legal right to protect (ie sue for infringing use
> of the code).

What if one or more of the contributors are not aware of the problem and
their e-mail address bounces by then (which I guess would be a very
likely scenario)?

Holger