On 06/01/2021 20:37, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
--On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 10:31 PM +0200 Дилян Палаузов
<dilyan.palau...@aegee.org> wrote:
Hello Quanah,
what will happen if all these things (like releasing rights) are done
implicitly, rather than explicitly? How bad can such an idea be?
It can't be done implicitly. The contributor must explicitly transfer
their rights to the project for their contribution. What can be done
is using something like a CLA bot so it's only necessary the first
time and all future contributions are covered unless they explicitly
revoke the authorization.
--Quanah
For reference from US copyright law;
17 U.S. Code § 204. Execution of transfers of copyright ownership
(a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law,
is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum
of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights
conveyed or such owner’s duly authorized agent.
Matt
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