On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 02:51:25PM +0200, Sebastian Wiesinger wrote:
This policy does not change anything in regarding to the IP objects. It changes the transfer requirements. A transfer that has *not yet happend* can not be affected "ex post facto".
If the transfer policy were a document in its own right, I accept that I wouldn't have a leg to stand on. However, it's contained in the "Allocation and Assignment Policy" which is something I agree to abide by in a contract. I am not worried about 2015-01 here as I am not even affected by it, I am worried about other changes to the "Allocation and Assignment Policy" being applied retroactively, using 2015-01 as justification (just as 2007-01 is being used as justification for 2015-01). (FWIW, I think the transfer rules should be removed from the A&A policy documents and promulgated in a new document, it would lessen confusion and make changes easier)
What you're postulating is something like "I should not have to go to jail for theft because theft was legal when I was born." No, you will go to jail if you steal something after theft was made illegal. So stop doing it and you're fine.
Actually, a much better analogy would be: "I should still be able to sell something I stole while it was still legal" rgds, Sascha Luck
Regards
Sebastian
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