"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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>> I don't think we can get rid of copyright. The person who writes each
>> snippet of code would still have the right to give it away, sell it, do
>> what ever they want with their piece of code.
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> That's right.  But i hope there's some provision in the license under 
> which
> he (the contributor) published his work that restricts if he suddenly
> changes his mind and begin requesting the contribution to be dropped from
> povray or something.  I mean, he has to abide by the terms under which he
> originally licensed it.  If later he begin to develop other version of the
> file and publishes under another license, that's his right, but the
> original should still be under the original license so as to be used by
> povray.
>

If I understand you correctly, this would mean that the contributor would 
need to agree to the license in perpetuity. ie. They would need to give away 
the right to change their mind. Otherwise there could be consequences 
affecting all derivative works covered by the original license. I think we'd 
need to cover that in the release that the contributor 'signs' up to when 
contributing the work.

Regards,
Chris B.

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