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1. asmor+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-06-07 17:50:03
If you wanted to split hairs this thin, you wouldn't use any project with at least one german citizen as contributor, since they can never truly yield all copyright on a work. You'll be fine. Anonymous contributions to free software (or even entire releases done anonymously, e.g. Bitcoin) are not actually uncommon.

As I said, very weird hangup to have, definitely not motivated by other reasons.

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2. troad+G7[view] [source] 2023-06-07 18:16:49
>>asmor+(OP)
> If you wanted to split hairs this thin, you wouldn't use any project with at least one german citizen as contributor, since they can never truly yield all copyright on a work.

Nor can anyone else, copyright is not generally 'destructible'. That's why it's a licence. The holder keeps the copyright, but licenses the work to the general public. (Assignments are another way to achieve something like this, provided the assignee then licenses the work.)

I assume what you're referring to is inalienable moral rights - hence the reference to Germany - but those are a feature of many (most?) of the world's legal systems. They are included in one of the revisions to the Berne Convention, if I recall correctly, which is an international treaty on intellectual property.

I understand you're sceptical, but the legal dimension of OSS does matter. Using copyrighted material without a licence would constitute a major business risk. I would appreciate it if you could kindly refrain from making ungenerous assumptions about the intentions of others.

3. PrimeM+Vx[view] [source] 2023-06-07 19:56:33
>>asmor+(OP)
What makes ze Germans special?
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4. asmor+Py[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-07 20:00:12
>>PrimeM+Vx
Right to moral objection.
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5. PrimeM+GF[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-07 20:28:43
>>asmor+Py
That doesn't explain anything. Can you elaborate?
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6. asmor+ZS[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-07 21:35:58
>>PrimeM+GF
The most commonly cited example is a musician objecting to use of their music during a neo nazi rally. They won that case as the court judged the integrity of the work to be compromised.
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7. PrimeM+RV[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-07 21:49:56
>>asmor+ZS
I see. Well, I don't think that would affect code in the same way. If they have already contributed it then it's out in the open, and unless the maintainer was doing something objectionable they wouldn't have a case, and even if they did it would only be enforceable in Germany.
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