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<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html -->
+<!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays licensing copyleft" -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
<title>When a Company Asks For Your Copyright
- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
<link rel="canonical"
- href="http://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/assigning-copyright" />
+ href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/assigning-copyright" />
<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/assigning-copyright.translist" -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" -->
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div class="article reduced-width">
<h2>When a Company Asks For Your Copyright</h2>
+<div class="thin"></div>
<p>Companies that develop free software and release it under the GNU GPL
sometimes distribute some copies of the code in other ways. If they
distribute the exact same code under a different license to certain
users that pay for this, typically permitting including the code in
-proprietary programs, we call it &ldquo;selling exceptions&rdquo;. If they
+proprietary programs, we call it &ldquo;selling exceptions.&rdquo; If they
distribute some version of the code solely in a proprietary manner, we
call that releasing a purely proprietary version of the program.</p>
-<p><a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html</a> explains why
+<p>&ldquo;<a href="/philosophy/selling-exceptions.html">Selling exceptions
+to the GNU GPL</a>&rdquo; explains why
selling exceptions is acceptable, though only barely. By contrast,
releasing a purely proprietary version is outright wrong, like
any other proprietary software.</p>
@@ -83,11 +92,11 @@ contains your code, but refuse to let the company release purely
proprietary versions containing your code, you can insist on a
condition more or less like this:</p>
-<blockquote>
+<blockquote class="emph-box">
<p>Any program based on (as defined in GNU General Public License
version 3) Hacker's code that FOO distributes shall be made
- available by FOO under a) the &ldquo;GNU General Public License (GPL),
- version 2 or later&rdquo;, or b) the licensing in (a), above, but with &ldquo;2&rdquo;
+ available by FOO under <b>(a)</b> the &ldquo;GNU General Public License (GPL),
+ version 2 or later,&rdquo; or <b>(b)</b> the licensing in (a), above, but with &ldquo;2&rdquo;
replaced by any higher existing GPL version number. Provided FOO
makes the program available as source code gratis to the public in
this way, it may also distribute the identical program to some of
@@ -100,11 +109,11 @@ condition more or less like this:</p>
might be released solely in a proprietary version, you can insist on a
condition more or less like this:</p>
-<blockquote>
+<blockquote class="emph-box">
<p>Any program based on (as defined in GNU General Public License
version 3) Hacker's code that FOO distributes shall be made
- available by FOO under a) the &ldquo;GNU General Public License (GPL),
- version 2 or later&rdquo;, or b) the licensing in (a), above, but with &ldquo;2&rdquo;
+ available by FOO under <b>(a)</b> the &ldquo;GNU General Public License (GPL),
+ version 2 or later,&rdquo; or <b>(b)</b> the licensing in (a), above, but with &ldquo;2&rdquo;
replaced by any higher existing GPL version number. Provided FOO
makes the program available as source code gratis to the public in
this way, it may also distribute the same version of Hacker's code
@@ -112,10 +121,10 @@ condition more or less like this:</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If the program is released under the GNU Affero GPL, then add &ldquo;Affero&rdquo;
-before &ldquo;General&rdquo;, change &ldquo;GPL&rdquo; to &ldquo;AGPL&rdquo;, change &ldquo;2 or&rdquo; to &ldquo;3 or&rdquo;, and
+before &ldquo;General,&rdquo; change &ldquo;GPL&rdquo; to &ldquo;AGPL,&rdquo; change &ldquo;2 or&rdquo; to &ldquo;3 or,&rdquo; and
it could make sense to replace &ldquo;that FOO distributes&rdquo; with &ldquo;that FOO
distributes, or deploys on a server accessible to users other than
-FOO&rdquo;.</p>
+FOO.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The FSF has had these texts reviewed by a lawyer, but you should get
your own legal advice before using them.</p>
@@ -125,10 +134,11 @@ will show you how far it plans to depart from the principles of free
software. Then you can respond to ensure your work will contribute to
the free software community and not be diverted into proprietary
software.</p>
+</div>
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<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
-<div id="footer">
+<div id="footer" role="contentinfo">
<div class="unprintable">
<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
@@ -146,30 +156,47 @@ to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org">&lt;webmasters@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org">
&lt;web-translators@gnu.org&gt;</a>.</p>
- <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of
+ <p>For information on coordinating and contributing translations of
our web pages, see <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
README</a>. -->
Please see the <a
href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations
-README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
+README</a> for information on coordinating and contributing translations
of this article.</p>
</div>
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<!-- Regarding copyright, in general, standalone pages (as opposed to
+ files generated as part of manuals) on the GNU web server should
+ be under CC BY-ND 4.0. Please do NOT change or remove this
+ without talking with the webmasters or licensing team first.
+ Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the
+ document. For web pages, it is ok to list just the latest year the
+ document was modified, or published.
+
+ If you wish to list earlier years, that is ok too.
+ Either "2001, 2002, 2003" or "2001-2003" are ok for specifying
+ years, as long as each year in the range is in fact a copyrightable
+ year, i.e., a year in which the document was published (including
+ being publicly visible on the web or in a revision control system).
+
+ There is more detail about copyright years in the GNU Maintainers
+ Information document, www.gnu.org/prep/maintain. -->
+
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2010, 2014, 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
-href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative
+Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
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<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/07/13 21:47:00 $
+$Date: 2021/10/01 17:02:54 $
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