[mapserver-dev] Maporaclespatial.c

[Normand Savard]

Nobody answers to these questions yet ...

Norm

Steve Lime wrote:
> Hi all: I have contacted the authors of that code and have gotten permission to:
>
>   - remove their licensing language and insert the standard MapServer license
>   - assign copyright to whomever we see fit (UMN?)
>
> Not wanting to leave well enough alone this brings up a couple of questions:
>
>   - who has rights to assign copyright in the first place?
>
> For example, I could add a "Copyright ... ESRI." statement to a source file but 
> does that really mean anything. Also then,
>
>   - who has rights to re-assign copyright down the road.
>
> Let's say a developer did put a statement like the one above in a source file. Can
> that developer remove or change it or must the organization mentioned be 
> approached even if they had no knowledge of this in the first place.
>
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