On 8/27/05, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:48:33 -0400 > Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > // (2) By default, any changes submitted by community members fall under > > this > > // same license. Traversal Technology will openly publish all > > internally > > // and externally-provided modifications to this work under this same > > // license. Traversal Technology may opt to not publish IP that may > > // or may not be considered a derivative work (ie. a chip). > > Be very carefull here. You are dealing with international > copyright laws, thus you have to consider that there are > versions of it out there that value the rights of an author > a lot more than the US laws. > > Especialy the above paragraph would be considered at least > invalid if not illegal in Switzerland (and AFAIK in quite > a lot of european countries) because one cannot hand over > the copyright of a work _by_default_ to someone else. > > You _need_ some kind of agreement (written, spoken, etc) > that Traversal Technology is handed over at least the > right to use the work under their license. I talk here > about the right to use, because most european countries > differenciate between the right to use and the ownership > of a work. The former can be handed over quite easily while > the latter, in some cases, cannot at all (ie stays always > with the author).
All I care about is right to use. > > IMHO the best idea is, as already mentioned a few times, > a signing off in every patch. Ie if someone sends a patch > it needs to contain a clause that it's copyright/right to use > is handed over to Traversal. The case for people with SVN > access is easier, they just have to agree when they > get their login, that everything they commit will fall > under the Traversal license and that they will not use any > 3rd party code that might conflict with this license. > > > This should not be a problem now, as those with svn > access are still a few (iirc 4) and there haven't been > many patches yet. Yeah. Ok. If someone sends a patch to the list, they'll have to sign off. If they check it directly in to SVN, we need to have a disclaimer that states the terms under which they are allowed to do that, which involves handing "right to use" over to Traversal. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
