GPL lawsuit in Germany

[Joerg Schilling]

>From: Florian Weimer <Weimer at CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>

>Joerg Schilling <schilling at fokus.gmd.de> writes:

>> The official translation for "Urheberecht" unfortunately _is_ "Copyright".
>> However this is bad as Copyright is only a part of what I call
>> "Authorship Right". "Authorship Right" cannot be transferreed.

>I think the proper term for these rights is "moral rights".

I disagree, "Urheberecht" is a combination if the words "Urheber" and "Recht"
Urheber means originator so  "Urheberecht" is the (by law) right of the 
originator which is the Author. This is more than simply a "moral right".


>> And this is one of the big problems when taling to FSF in USA.
>> They generally like you to transfer the Copyright to FSF wich cannot be done
>> as long as you write the contract on English because this language does not
>> have the right words to express the real factual situation.

>A solution for German citizens is under way.

I am looking forward to this solution.Jörg

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