On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:32:22 -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > ... > > Am I correct that an undivided interest means that any of the joint > authors can license the work to others without the permission of the > other authors? > > If that is correct, any of the joint contributors can release users > from > the requirements of GPL. We clearly do NOT want that. For the future, > we > should somehow bind contributors with a written agreement preventing > that from happening. Perhaps some sort of statement requiring > acceptance > as part of the commit process.
Most of the other groups I have contributed to in the past required that contributions be licensable under the groups chosen license. I thought this was one of the motivations for going through all of the licensing wrangling -- to clarify what licenses govern which parts, and that *all future contributions will be under those licenses*. EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
