I wasn't able to open the attachment, somehow came through corrupted. Here is a link:
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/FLA-1.0.en.pdf On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 13:46 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello, 1 November 2006 > > This contents of this email is for discussion on the Bacula email > list, but not yet a topic for "publication". > > As you are probably aware, I am planning certain reorganizations > of the Bacula project for a number of reasons. Two of the > objectives that I have are to make the project less dependent > on one person (me) and to ensure that the source code remains > Free Software forever. These two objectives involve the > creation of a Bacula entity (an Association or a Foundation), > and the transfer of the copyright from myself to some entity. > > The purpose of this email is to give you, the Bacula users, > advanced notice of what I think is the best path for the > copyright transfer so that you can provide your feedback > on it prior to my final decision. Currently, the timing is > to send you this email as soon as possible then to make > the final decision on the 15th of November with implementation > before the end of the month. > > Several months ago, I met with Georg Greve, the President of > the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). I learned that > he was in the process of creating the FSFE Freedom Task Force > to work with projects that would like to enter into a fiduciary > license agreement with the FSFE with the objective to offload > the adminstrative (legal) needs of the project to the FSFE > while keeping the project adminstration unchanged. The > Freedom Task Force has been in operation since the beginning > of October with Shane Coughlan heading it up. > > Probably the best explaination of their policy as it relates to > Bacula is described in the "FSFE Fiduciary Licensing Policy", > which I have attached to this email in pdf format. > > A short summary of what I am proposing is: > 1. Transfer the Bacula copyright to the FSFE. > 2. There will be no change in the license, which is defined > in the LICENSE file -- only the copyright holder will > be changed. > 3. FSFE will look after the legal matters of maintaining and, > if necessary, defending the license. > 4. Aside from the copyright assignments for important > contributions, there will be no other changes to the > project resulting from the copyright transfer. > 5. The final transfer of the copyright will occur on or > shortly after the 15th of November and will apply to the > next released version. > 6. The official announcement of the formation of the FSFE > Freedom Task Force, and that Bacula will particpate > in their Fiduciary Licensing will be made at the end > of November. > > My belief is that this copyright transfer will be beneficial > to the project in many respects: assure that the source > remains Free Software, ensure that the source is not tied > to any single person, off load most of the legal tasks, > ... > > If any of you have concerns, comments, or questions, please > do not hesitate to voice them now, either on the Bacula email > lists or directly to me. I will take all comments > and concerns into consideration and attempt to answer all the > questions. Since I am on vacation and my Internet access is > very limited, some or all my responses may be delayed until > after my return on the 10th of November. > > Until the official FSFE announcement, I request that you keep > this information (FSFE Freedom Task Force, Bacula participation) > confidential to this list. > > Best regards, > > Kern > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
