On 7 Sep 2008, at 13:55, Derrick Brashear wrote:
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Buhrmaster, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Would a more lightweight process be acceptable, in
that any code needs to be accompanied by the
equivalent of the Linux "Developers Certificate
of Origin" signoff (by the developer)?
That puts the onerous on the submitters to insure
that their submissions meets their (and/or their
employers) requirements.
I think that's the sort of agreement that Derrick has in mind (as
opposed
to the FSF-style copyright assignment, which however nice in the
abstract
would be a major pain and isn't really tenable). Personally, I'd
rather
sign it once rather than providing a new copy with each code
submission,
since I can readily agree to something like that.
I assume an Apache-style grant (not assignment)
http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt
would be acceptable, though?
I think the copyright license grant in this:
You hereby grant to the Foundation and to
recipients of software distributed by the Foundation a perpetual,
worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of,
publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your
Contributions and such derivative works.
has the problems I discussed in my earlier email. It grants the
Foundation specific rights which aren't granted to other users, and
allows the Foundation to sub-license code under commercial licenses
(and yes, I have read the non-profit, public benefit, section
earlier, but I can't see how that offers any concrete protection
against this).
I can also see the Patent License grant in the paragraph after that
being problematic.
Why do we need a contributor agreement that goes beyond saying that
the contributor is legally permitted to provide the contribution
under the chosen license?
S.
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