Re: Copywrites and the GNU

[NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com>]

Ah, I see.
So it's the person holding the copyright who's responsible for enforcing the  
GNU license.
 If there was something to enforce for instance.

NZG. 

On Monday 21 March 2005 12:53, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Monday, Mar 21, 2005, at 11:27 US/Central, NZG wrote:
> > Why to so many GNU C files start with
> >
> > Copyright (c) <date> <author>
> > Immediately followed by the GNU license.
> >
> > Does this make sense?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Doesn't the GNU license void any type of Copywrite?
>
> No.
>
> > Or are the two concepts somehow separate?
>
> Yes, but related.  One is the copyright, a claim of ownership.  The
> other is the license, a description of what rights you are granting to
> others.  Another variation of copyright and license is the following:
> Copyright <date> <author> - All rights reserved.  In both cases, the
> combination of copyright and license is akin to saying "I own this and
> allow you to do the following with it."
>
> For more info, see ...
>
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License
>    http://gnu.org
>    http://www.opensource.org/
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free/Libre_Open_Source_Software
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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