legal issues under GPL

[John Cowan]

Rick Moen scripsit:

> (I'm not a lawyer.  This is not legal advice.)

Me either.

> Indeed, it's my understanding that, in the USA, assignments of copyright
> must indeed be in a prescribed written form, to become effective per the
> Copyright Act.

Not prescribed, just written.  Any written form will do.

> Other jurisdictions might differ.

Indeed.  AFAICT, the Berne Convention
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html) is silent on the point.

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