On Monday 03 April 2006 11:46, Jan Zerebecki wrote:
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:58:26AM +1000, Troy Rollo wrote:
Is there a case possible where neither can be constructed without hassle? Think something like: insurance against GPL violators.
The insurance company has to be able to demonstrate that there is an insurable loss, which is difficult, but it may be possible. There would have to be a premium involved though.
And in case of (a): Must one in practice be somehow involved (for example go to court or something) when beeing "joined"?
Usually in such a case the court will allow the party joined in such circumstances to not participate as long as they agree to consent to any order made - but they have to participate at least to the point of giving such consent on whatever terms the consent has to be given.
However to do this the party bringing the action must have given value (usually, but not necessarily, money) in return for the contractual right to bring the action. Getting this right is not trivial and runs some risk of the arrangement being undone by the court if, for example, the "value" given is insufficient.
Far and away the easiest way to do it is just to assign copyright.