thats in the case of you adding code to their project, not in the case of you hosting your own project with them
Casey > Also schrieben Sie am Dienstag, 4. Dezember 2001 22:47: > > > > > I know it's been discussed on the list and shot down before, but I think > > you should consider putting plex86 on source forge. SF gives you CVS, web > > space, bug tracking, etc., and makes it very easy for multiple people to > > help maintain the project. Each developer is allowed to have CVS write > > access to the source code and edit the web pages. > > > A while ago, I found following Copyright Assignment on the SourceForge site: > > SourceForge Copyright Assignment > > Thank you for your interest in contributing software code to > SourceForge. > > In order for us to include the code in our product, we will > need you to provide us with the rights to the code. > > By signing this agreement, you, the undersigned, hereby assign > to VA Linux all right, title and interest in and to the > software code described below, and all copyright, patent, > proprietary information, trade secret, and other intellectual > property rights therein. You also agree to take all actions and > sign all documents (such as copyright assignments or > registrations) reasonably requested by VA Linux to evidence and > record the above assignments. > > This sounds as if this means that all source code you provide to SF, will > entirely be owned by them. Not really in the philosophy of the GPL. > > The FSF Europe recommends: start avoiding SourceForge and use alternative > services instead! > For those who wants to read more: > http://mailman.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/announce/2001-November/000028.html > > > Anyway, not a good development in my opinion. > > Zarathustra > > > -- > http://rawa.fancymarketing.net/ > -- > > ���`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`���� > * Don't upgrade to Windows XP > Instead, you better get LINUX for free! > http://www.linux.org/ * > ���`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`����,��,����`���� > > System: AMD-K6 350, 192MB. OS: SuSE 7.2, Kernel: 2.4.4 > >
