Dear David Cramblett On 19.05.2016 23:59, David Cramblett wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Stefan Peter <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 19.05.2016 19:01, David Cramblett wrote: > > Yeah, or "CofO", or "Sign-Off", or whatever term folks feel the most > > comfortable with. It doesn't have to be "CLA", it could be whatever make > > since. Just something protecting the project from the unlikely "evil > > company scenario". > > Sorry, but I seem to have missed something. What "evil company" scenario > exactly do you talk about? > > > We're talking about a scenario where an individual submits code to the > project while working for "abc company", who later says they own the > copyright of the code and not the individual.
So what? In order to "capture" the project and make it their own, they would have to get the consent of all other copyright holders (contributors). Unless you actually introduce this CLA and the "enemy" company manages to get hold of it, you have nothing to fear. The worst that can happen is that the new copyright holder wants to retrieve his contribution. So you remove the individuals code and replace it with independent, fresh code from another contributor. But I have never heard of an event like this and I'm not sure if it actually is possible to retract a license. And whatever company actually would try to get off a stunt like this would probably be taken to the internet sponger so fast they would not survive it. With kind regards Stefan Peter -- -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style for details) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
