Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 04:27, plino <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greg Stein wrote:
> >  how can you say that Apache
> > "removes rights from people's contributions"? As a developer, you
> > still own your code. You can do whatever you like with it. Apache
> > doesn't take anything from You.
>
> Easy. Even a non-developer like myself can see that :)
>
> Compared to GPL (which is what Apache is asking developers to give up on) it
> removes the right to be given back any improvement or fix to the code you
> contributed.

As Ben has explained later in this thread, you never had that right.
Ergo, Apache has not removed any rights from You.

This is why I think the statement "removes rights from people's
contributions" is wrong, or there is some other right that I'm unaware
of.

> ...

Cheers,
-g

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