In many minds, the situation is unclear. They do not know who is the actual owner of an open source project and how they can use the project outputs. In Open Source, the ownership is separated from the usage:
- The ownership goes to the project
- Anyone is able to use the content of a project
The situation is clear and prevent unmanageable patchwork of ownership to avoid any blockage. Every one is free to use the software as long as he respects the licence and the software belong to the project (in many case the project is managed by a foundation).
I hope the situation is clear now.
Ben