2010/11/1 Michael Meeks <michael.me...@novell.com>: > Hi Andrea, ... >> Now, without copyright assignment/agreement (granted by the LibreOffice >> developers to the Document Foundation), the Document Foundation will be >> in the awkward situation I described: it manages a product (LibreOffice) >> but cannot represent the LibreOffice developers since it doesn't own the >> code. > > Sure - it can recommend, advise, and encourage people in directions; it > can lead the project via the brand, it can encourage collaboration and > resolve conflicts - but sure; it is not a monolithic entity that can > dictate ownership of the code.
Nor it could help contributors in any way, if they are sued because of their contribution. Copyright Assignment is nor bad nor good, it's a compromise; i am still waiting to see any reply also to Andrea's proposals in another thread [1] . I agree with Andrea, and I think that all this JCA stuff need a more pragmatic approach, when the TDF will become a stable entity with a legal peronality the big players can deal with. bye, rob [1] http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/msg00533.html -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
