from a phylosophical point of vue, the presets are bundled inside our packages/installers and the licence agremment attached to that package/installer doesn't make any difference between mapping and core code IIRC.
So making contributors sign the agreement doesn't hurt and avoid future question that can be directed to this bundling. --- Sébastien Blaisot Le 19/11/2015 16:37, Sean M. Pappalardo - D.J. Pegasus a écrit : > On 11/19/2015 07:10 AM, Owen Williams wrote: > >> do we need to get this forum user to sign the contributor agreement? >> Controller stuff is always hazy for me > > The main reason for that agreement is to allow us to make license > changes to the source code if needed without having to track down every > past developer to get their permission. Since controller presets are > sort of "at arm's length" (not compiled in, just distributed with the > application,) they can have their own licenses. So we really just need > permission to distribute them with the application, since if we ever > change the application's license, it wouldn't necessarily apply to the > controller presets themselves. > > That said, it wouldn't hurt to have preset writers sign the agreement > because it would avoid any future confusion. It's just not required. > > IANAL so correct me if any of this is wrong. > > Sincerely, > Sean M. Pappalardo > "D.J. Pegasus" > Mixxx Developer - Controller Specialist > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > http://mixxx.org [1] > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel [2] Links: ------ [1] http://mixxx.org [2] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
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