-The way to assign copyright to Cygnus Solutions is to sign an assignment
-contract. This is what legally makes Cygnus Solutions the copyright
-holder so that we can register the copyright on the new version.
-I'm assuming that you wrote these changes yourself;
-if other people wrote parts, we may need papers from them.
+The way to assign copyright to the Free Software Foundation is to sign
+an assignment contract. This is what legally makes the Free Software
+Foundation the copyright holder so that we can register the copyright
+on the new version. I'm assuming that you wrote these changes
+yourself; if other people wrote parts, we may need papers from them.
If you are employed to do programming (even at a university), or have
made an agreement with your employer or school saying it owns programs
Below is the assignment contract that we usually use. You need
to print it out, sign it, and snail it to:
-Benjamin Kosnik
-Cygnus Solutions
-1325 Chesapeake Terrace
-Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
+Richard Stallman
+545 Tech Sq rm 425
+Cambridge, MA 02139
+USA
Please try to print the whole first page below on a single piece of
paper. If it doesn't fit on one printed page, put it on two sides of
Snail a copy of the employer's disclaimer as well.
Please send me email about what you decide to do. If you have any
-questions, or would like something to be changed, ask bkoz@cygnus.com via
+questions, or would like something to be changed, ask bkoz@gnu.org via
email.
\f ASSIGNMENT
- For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which I acknowledge, I,
-[your name here], hereby transfer to Cygnus Solutions, Inc. ("Cygnus")
-my entire right, title, and interest (including all rights under copyright)
-in my changes and enhancements to the libstdc++ library, subject to the
-conditions below. These changes and enhancements are herein called the
-"Work". The work hereby assigned shall also include any future revisions
-of these changes and enhancements hereafter made by me.
+ For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which I
+acknowledge, I, [your name here], hereby transfer to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") my entire right, title, and
+interest (including all rights under copyright) in my changes and
+enhancements to the libstdc++ library, subject to the conditions
+below. These changes and enhancements are herein called the "Work".
+The work hereby assigned shall also include any future revisions of
+these changes and enhancements hereafter made by me.
- Upon thirty days' prior written notice, Cygnus agrees to
+ Upon thirty days' prior written notice, the "Foundation" agrees to
grant me non-exclusive rights to use the Work (i.e. my changes and
enhancements, not the program which I enhanced) as I see fit; (and
-Cygnus's rights shall otherwise continue unchanged).
+the "Foundation"'s rights shall otherwise continue unchanged).
I hereby agree that if I have or acquire hereafter any patent or
-interface copyright or other intellectual property interest dominating the
-program enhanced by the Work (or use of that program), such dominating
-interest will not be used to undermine the effect of this assignment, i.e.
-Cygnus and the general public will be licensed to use, in that program and
-its derivative works, without royalty or limitation, the subject matter of
-the dominating interest. This license provision will be binding on my
-heirs, assignees, or other successors to the dominating interest, as well
-as on me.
-
- I hereby represent and warrant that I am the sole copyright holder for the
-Work and that I have the right and power to enter into this contract. I
-hereby indemnify and hold harmless Cygnus, its officers, employees,
-and agents against any and all claims, actions or damages (including
-attorney's reasonable fees) asserted by or paid to any party on account of a
-breach or alleged breach of the foregoing warranty. I make no other express
-or implied warranty (including without limitation, in this disclaimer of
-warranty, any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE).
+interface copyright or other intellectual property interest dominating
+the program enhanced by the Work (or use of that program), such
+dominating interest will not be used to undermine the effect of this
+assignment, i.e. the "Foundation" and the general public will be
+licensed to use, in that program and its derivative works, without
+royalty or limitation, the subject matter of the dominating interest.
+This license provision will be binding on my heirs, assignees, or
+other successors to the dominating interest, as well as on me.
+
+ I hereby represent and warrant that I am the sole copyright holder
+for the Work and that I have the right and power to enter into this
+contract. I hereby indemnify and hold harmless the "Foundation", its
+officers, employees, and agents against any and all claims, actions or
+damages (including attorney's reasonable fees) asserted by or paid to
+any party on account of a breach or alleged breach of the foregoing
+warranty. I make no other express or implied warranty (including
+without limitation, in this disclaimer of warranty, any warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE).
Agreed: [signature] Date [Write the month with LETTERS]:
-For Cygnus,
-Alex Daly, CEO
+For the "Foundation",
+Richard Stallman, head dude in charge
\f
Please do not delete the control-l character before this line.
Please print this as a separate page.
+Please email a copy of the information on this page to
+fsf-records@gnu.ai.mit.edu, and cc bkoz@gnu.org, if you can, so that
+our clerk doesn't have to type it in. Use your full name as the
+subject line.
+
[For the copyright registration, what country are you a citizen of?
What year were you born?]
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