I would prefer that we not collect signatures for preset contributors. The reasons being that it will be hard to disentangle "real copyright owners of the Mixxx codebase" from "people whose files we are distributing with Mixxx" if we ever need to in the future. They are very different in legal standing!
If the installer is unclear, we should add the text: "All community presets bundled with the permission of their respective authors. Consult the preset file for licensing details or EULA." On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Owen Williams <owilli...@mixxx.org> wrote: > > ok I posted the link to the agreement on the forum > > On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 17:05 +0100, Sébastien BLAISOT wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > > > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > > http://mixxx.org > > > > > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > http://mixxx.org > > > Mixxx-devel mailing list > Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel >
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