On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:48:25 +0200 Didier Raboud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> http://source.android.com/license/individual-contributor-license---android-open-source-project > > You have to grant your copyright to Google... > > I don't want to work non-paid for Google. But please do ! ;) i do agree that android does not seem to be open AND free in the same spirit/way the average linux distro (from ubuntu to debian to fedora to openmoko etc.) is, as the sdk is restrictive - BUT i will say, that you are wrong - you do not GRANT google copyright. you grant them a LICENCE to use the code you contribute (without restriction). it's basically the same as contributing to a BSD to mit/x11 licensed project. you still own your code that you contributed and retain all your rights, but you have granted unrestricted use of that, with no conditions (that includes no need to keep the code open. at this point it is a matter of trust if you trust google to always keep the code available or not, as the license does not enforce that, BUT you don't grant copyright ownership to google). so to be fair - it's not as bad as you made it out to be :) but i also don't like the other clauses. like "can't reverse engineer" (which is bullshit in my jurisdiction - last i checked reverse engineering was explicitly legal "for compatibility purposes", and any license is overidden by law and your innate rights), or "for no other purpose". -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
