[dmd-internals] DMD copyright assignment

[Andrei Alexandrescu via dmd-internals]

On 6/25/14, 6:21 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/25/14, 6:19 AM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>> Why? I still don't get it. All the rest makes no sense at all unless you
>> can answer that question.
>
> I care for his peace of mind enough to do him a small favor. -- Andrei

To better put this in context of my previous rant (sorry): I've 
transferred copyright for much less reason and to entities I'm much less 
aligned with. Walter is literally the only representative whom I could 
fight on this; he'd sit down and stoically answer challenges, has no 
lawyers to do his bidding, and has not once alluded to ceasing 
cooperation (as said lawyers sure would as a simple recourse). I'd be 
quite a special kind of an asshole if I'd pick a matter with Walter only 
because I could.

> Walter, this is by far the least important point in that e-mail,
> please read it all and respond to all the points, or at least the
> most important ones to justify your desire to require copyright
> assignment.

It's likely you have signed a number of agreements in which you're 
giving up something: conference talks, contracts, and entering 
Facebook's campus last year. DConf 2013 didn't ask for a copyright 
release form for your talk's video, but many conferences do.

My question is, in how many instances did you challenge the 
representative to answer all concerns you had over the contract? In how 
many cases did you ask for justification of their desire to have you 
sign the release? And if so how did that work for you?


Andrei