On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Brent W. Baccala, on jeu. 16 nov. 2017 12:25:23 -0500, wrote:
> > This isn't in the main Hurd repository because I wouldn't sign the FSF
> > copyright assignment. They insisted on a clause that said I assign
> copyright
> > on "all past and future works of Developer that constitute changes and
> > enhancements to the Program" and I wouldn't agree to it, because I was
> only
> > willing to assign copyright on specific changes.
>
> Rather, there is disagreement over what the assignment means. I really
> believe that FSF intends "changes and enhancements to the Program" to
> mean what was actually *committed*, and not changes you could have in
> your own private repository. Meaning: you only have to say what should
> be commited to decide what is covered by the assignment.
>
>
That was their claim. I asked them to write it into the agreement and they
wouldn't do it.
Me (15 Nov 2016):
OK, so can you modify 1 (b) in the contract to clarify this point? I am
> not assigning "all past and future works", but only the ones that I
> submit. "Anything not contributed is not assigned". Fine.
Donald Robertson (16 Nov 2016):
There's no need to modify it; that's already how it works. Any
> modification to our forms has to be approved by legal counsel, which is
> a resource we have in quite limited amounts, so I hope you will sign the
> assignment as is.
...and I did not sign it
agape
brent
