Re: Dependence on nonfree software

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 at 5:13 PM
> From: "Ineiev" <ineiev@gnu.org>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: savannah-hackers@gnu.org, "Andrea G. Monaco" <monacoandrea94@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Dependence on nonfree software
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 02:02:17PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > >
> > > A university and its students maybe make a kind of community, but
> > > definitely not a single entity.
> >
> > Not necessarily.  There are many students and members of staff who do
> > not identify themselves with the university.
>
> IIRC, when students submit their copyright assignments to the FSF,
> it requires that the university disclaim its copyright interest
> in the assigned works.
>
> It doesn't matter whether students identify or not themselves with
> the university; what matters is that the law does, for the purpose
> of copyright.

Yes, so their only way for any student to be free is to force
their University to relinquish unjust maneuvers against them.