-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hiya guys,
One of the packages I maintain (nipper) has recently undergone a change of license, from being GPLed to a new license that whilst mostly being commercial features a non-commercial/personal use element. Due to the new license (and the no redistribution of any kind bits) the package will need mirror/fetch restrictions, which is fine. My concern is with the copyright clause which states: "Any patches or updates that the Licensee may develop for NIPPER must be immediately submitted to the Licensor. In addition, the Licensee will forthwith transfer without charge all current and future rights including copyrights and other intellectual property rights relating to such updates to the Licensor." I'm wondering how this might affect any in-tree patching, because whilst I'm aware of this clause and happy to send any patches upstream and/or not patch at all, I can't say the same for every Gentoo dev that might want to fix a problem. I know the upstream author personally, and he's providing the source-code primarily for Gentoo users (we can always use the existing binary RPMs if patching is an issue), but I thought I should ask what the best course of action would be here? Thanks, Mike 5:) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAko1XWYACgkQu7rWomwgFXpWYACfaJO7c77PVD4kuEsPrLOG7Qsx Sw0An1JswTwSB0Asa2BEUQZyS4OBGbeE =rinb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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