Re: Please explain the FSF copyright assignment thing

[Richard Copley]

On 13 July 2017 at 20:56, Filipe Silva <address@hidden> wrote:
> Yes I've tries that. It does not go as deep into the question as this
> thread.
>
> I mean the fact that a copyright owner can go rogue and change a license
> alone without asking if the other copyright owners would agree and at the
> same time all the copyright owners must act in cooperation in order to
> enforce a license. This is is a sad state of affairs.

OK, thanks. That was the paragraph of Karl's email I found least
plausible. Copyright assignment doesn't seem to have anything to do
with it. A declaration that the code is being released under the
appropriate licence should be enough.