Adrian Custer wrote: > 2) OSGeo has a document: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Project_Copyright_Assignment > > 3) I've submitted a counter proposal to an earlier version of that text > circumventing the issues that concern me. Frank Warmerdam is currently > raising his concerns to my text (presumably on behalf of OSGeo).
Folks, If the GeoTools PMC can find someone willing to take responsibility for this activity, and to consider and possibly apply my feedback to Adrian on his proposal, I'd be willing to take the proposal to the foundation lawyer for consideration. If no one is willing to take it up, then I will work on a revision to the document listed in (2) above, and then offer that to the GeoTools PMC as a possible document propose to contributors. The document in (2) was produced by Rich Steele and is presumably a valid legal document. My main concerns with it relate to circumscribing and describing what code is being assigned. In any event, I plan to use a variation on (2) for GDAL - at least for myself. --- Keep in mind that GeoTools does not *need* to assign copyright to OSGeo, nor have any sort of contribution agreement if it doesn't want to. But if not, I think the project should straighten up the copyright claims within the source code since copyright cannot be held by an entity with no legal existance (ie. the GeoTools Project). Adrian, thanks for all your effort on this. I know it has been frustrating. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
