Andreas Roehler writes: > IMO assignment policy contradicts the spirit of free software.
Please, Andreas, drop this thread. You are not going to change anyone's mind. Here's why: > Copyright is an important issue now, taken very seriously. Which is as it must be; the threat perceived by the free software movement is from outside the community. Of course, the so-called open source advocates perceive that threat as an opportunity. Nevertheless, copyright remains important there, too. > Assignment stifles cooperation True (aside from the exaggeration inherent in "stifle"). That is an unavoidable side effect of a policy that is necessary from one point of view. > rather then being helpful. It is helpful. The GNU Project's mission is to preserve a body of code sufficient to support a free operating system, and it is the FSF's job to provide legal support for that. The assignment allows the FSF to defend code you contribute on your behalf, at no cost to you. It would be far more costly to defend the code if it were not assigned. *You* may not find that helpful, and there's nothing wrong with your perception if not. But many others do, and a lot of good has come of that. > My offer was and is: let's cooperate. In all sincerity, good luck to you! It's not easy, though. _______________________________________________ Python-mode mailing list Python-mode@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-mode
