Evil SourceForge?

[John (EBo) David]

Thomas Mondoshawan Tate wrote:
> 
> "SourceForge Copyright Assignment
> 
> Thank you for your interest in contributing software code to SourceForge.
> 
> In order for us to include the code in our product, we will need you to
> provide us with the rights to the code.
> 
> By signing this agreement, you, the undersigned, hereby assign to VA Linux
> all right, title and interest in and to the software code described below,
> and all copyright, patent, proprietary information, trade secret, and other
> intellectual property rights therein. You also agree to take all actions and
> sign all documents (such as copyright assignments or registrations)
> reasonably requested by VA Linux to evidence and record the above
> assignments."
> 
> I don't know about you, but when a company -- even one like VA Linux, whom
> have supported the open-source community so heartily -- decides to make a
> power grab for software IP rights in such a broad context and then
> blatantly ignores the same community that they were gaining help from, they
> become equal to or worse than M$ in my eyes. In all honesty, this is
> something I'd expect from M$, not VA Linux.

You know, it just occured to me that VA probably got some ***sound***
legal advice from a lawyer that hadn't a clue what was going on.

  EBo --