> Fossil is GPL, meaning that we can freely accept code contributions > from the public. However, some corporate users have concerns with the > GPL. Specifically, there are concerns that anonymous contributors > might introduced code into Fossil that they have themselves lifted > from another source, and which they do not have the right to contribute. > > To ameliorate this concern, we are asking all contributors to Fossil > to sign the Copyright Assignment form found at > > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/artifact/c9aacab2be > > If you have contributed code to Fossil and are willing to print and > sign a copy of that form (after inserting your personal information in > place of the blue text) and sending a copy to me by post at the > address shown, I will return to you a small honorarium. > > Please note that this copyright assignment is purely optional. > However, there will eventually appear a branch in Fossil that contains > only code for which copyright has been assigned to Hwaci, and > contributions for which we do not have a copyright assignment on file > will be excluded from that branch. > > I am sorry to have to request these copyright assignments, but such is > the state of copyright law. Regardless of whether or not you have > contributed or whether or not you will be sending in a copyright > assignment, please complain to your elected officials. > > D. Richard Hipp > [email protected]
What is appropriate to put for a "Title"? I'm leaning toward "Software Simian". http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-03-04/ Ron Wilson, Engineering Project Lead (o) 434.455.6453, (m) 434.851.1612, www.harris.com HARRIS CORPORATION | RF Communications Division assuredcommunications(tm) _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
