[GRASS5] re: draft press release

[Roger Miller]

On Tuesday 03 September 2002 21:27, you wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 06:49:48PM -0600, Roger Miller wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 20:04, you wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 05:53:30PM -0600, Roger Miller wrote:
> > > > Folks,
> > > >
> > > > Whatever else the press release might say I think it should include a
> > > > statement that GRASS is owned by Baylor University.
> > >
> > > How do you figure?
> >
> > a) It's true
>
> There is no clear line of ownership for GRASS.  Have you or anyone else
> signed papers giving title to Baylor?  I don't think any claim would
> hold up in court.

Eric,

It look's like the list didn't get cc'd on the last round of letters.  I've 
cc'd them here.

I've been re-reading the copyright information.  The website says that the 
copyright is held by "the GRASS development team."  The COPYING file in the 
current distribution says "the GRASS development team headquartered at Baylor 
University."  As near as I can tell, neither actually says that Baylor 
University has legal control of the copyright.

Dr. Byars' letters to this list gave me the impression that Baylor does in 
fact own the copyright to GRASS.   I believe each contributor probably owns 
the copyright to the work they did personally but there would be limitations 
to the scope of that copyright.  Now I'm over my head.

> > b) It might be nice to admit it
> >
> > c) We might want to keep them happy.
>
> I agree on this point.  Representatives of Baylor have been
> conspicuously silent though...

And I guess it really isn't an issue unless Dr. Byars wants to make it one.  
It would at least be polite to acknowledge Baylor University.


Roger Miller