[TYPO3-team-core-v5] Contributor License Agreement

[Bernhard Kraft]

Am 2010-08-05 12:42, schrieb Andreas Lappe:

> »Nach dem Urheberrecht hat der Inhaber der ausschließlichen Rechte an
>   einem Werk die alleinige und freie Entscheidungsbefugnis darüber, ob,
>   von wem und und unter welchen Bedingungen dieses genutzt werden darf.
>   [...] An dieser rechtlichen Situation ändert sich auch dann nichts,
>   wenn der Urheber sein Programm der GPL unterstellt, denn dieser Akt
>   führt nicht zu einem Verzicht auf die urheberrechtlichen Befugnisse.«
>   (aus »Die GPL kommentiert und erklärt«, 2005, Seite 12, [0]).

For me those two paragraphs are counterspeaking.

Let me formulate it this way: The first one tells me I have the full 
right to do with my work what I want. The second one tells me I am not 
allowed to give the full rights away.

But the other part of your reply clarifies this to me:

> »[...] dass das kontinentaleuropäische Urheberrecht, anders als das
>   Copyright, einen persönlichkeitsrechtlichen Kern enthält, der einen
>   vollständigen Verzicht auf das Recht unmöglich macht (vergleiche
>   Paragraph 29 UrhG: ,Das Urheberrecht ist nicht übertragbar, es sei
>   denn, es wird in Erfüllung einer Verfügung von Todes wegen oder an
>   Miterben im Wege der Erbauseinandersetzung übertragen´).
>   (Seite 30).

Being the creator (Urheber) does in my opinion not mean you are entitled 
to do with a software whatever you like. If you sell the rights for a 
book to a printing company, you can not later on tell them you are going 
to sell the book on your own. And neither can you release it for free - 
except the printing company allows you to do so.

The "Urheber" is just a term which defines who created some piece of 
work. And AFAIK there are some rights connected to it. But I did never 
read the law about the "Urheberrecht".

But a license is something different. If you license a software under 
the GPL, you give away the right to do with the software whatever one 
wants as long as the copyright message stays intact - translating to 
European law: As long as the message stays intact which tells you who 
the creator (Urheber) was.

from the GPL "2. Basic permissions"
---------
All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of 
copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated 
conditions are met.
---------

So by definition released software is irrevocable licensed under the GPL.

Anyways the GPL does not keep you of selling your program. If you create 
software for another company and license the software as GPL you can of 
course get money for selling them the software. I guess it is also 
possible to have an additional agreement with a company so they do not 
give your GPLed software away to others, altough the GPL entitles them 
do so. But this is just something you have to clarify with the people 
you work for.



greets,
Bernhard