OFF_TOPIC: Copyrights (was Re: Serialization)

Sat Jul 3 10:38:00 GMT 1999

> From: Alexandre Petit-Bianco <apbianco@cygnus.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
>> Owning the copyright allows you to decide which license the software
> will be put under.

Also, it means that the copyright owner is in a position to take legal
action if someone tries to make an unfree version of the software: if
no-one in particular owned the copyright that wouldn't be possible.
This is very important for crucial products like gcc.
Andrew.