On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:28 AM, BRM <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: Cor Nouws <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 2:22:03 AM > > Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Copyright Assignments & the Document > Foundation > > > > Hi all, > > > > BRM wrote (29-10-10 00:41) > > > > > >> From: Thorsten Behrens<[email protected]> > > >> > > >> BRM wrote: > > >>> The Linux Kernel guys don't require it; KDE E.v. does. Both methods > have > > >>> their pros and cons. > > >> > > >> Hi, just a very small correction here - KDE e.V. does not require > > >> it, it is optional to sign their FLA (a trait shared among other > > >> FLOSS projects, e.g. the Python Foundation acts similarly). > > > > > > Thank you for the correction. I thought they did from what I had read > a > >while > > > back. > > > Yet another method to accomplish the same goal. > > > > What would be the use of people giving the option to share a CA or not. > Just > >the fact that, in case for e.g. a licence update, you only have to > contact x% > >of the contributors? > > It certainly reduces the burden. Otherwise you have to contact 100% of > contributors, not all of which may be easy to find if at all. >
I don't mean to be morbid, but they may not even be alive. -Todd -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to [email protected] Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
