[cc += i...@] Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
> Thanks for your answer, > and you are right this question is more suitable for IAEP. Yup, +1! And I side with Chris in trying not to bother our contributors with legal paperwork unless *absolutely* necessary. If we must, at least we should consider: - using paperless technologies (gpg signed email, web forms, etc.); - using only very fair and informal agreements like the Ubuntu Code of Conduct [1] and the USENIX Sage Code of Ethics [2]; - in no case ask people to sing NDAs or copyright attributions; [1] https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct [2] http://www.sage.org/ethics/ > > Rafael Ortiz > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Chris Ball <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Rafael, > > > Do we have now and individual contributor agreement or Individual > > contributor license agreement for Sugar for Sugar Labs now ? > > No. We don't know that we want one, and the SFLC hasn't responded to > our question about whether it might be important. > > It still doesn't seem like a worthwhile idea to me. Projects have an > ICA when they're starting out and want to be sure to be able to enforce > copyright on their work colletively, but Sugar's been around for a while > and already has a mass of code that can't be retroactively covered by > a license agreeement. So, the main positive point isn't applicable, > and the main negative point about it being a huge turn-off for new > contributors is still there. > > Feel free to ask questions like this on iaep@, I don't think we're > trying to keep the fact that we're considering an ICA private. > > - Chris. > -- > Chris Ball <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \X/ Sugar Labs - http://www.sugarlabs.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
