Hi > On 30 Oct 2018, at 15:08, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Before we go to far with the discussion here, I would first ask all of the > core devs if they really would like to do that. > > Without an agreement in place, the code is owned by each contributor > separately. I know of quite a few core devs who are not keen on ceding their > copyright to QGIS.ORG, if the goal is to undermine the GPL license. > > I am also not sure if QGIS.ORG is ready to prepare such an ownership > agreement. > > Personally, I fail to understand what the benefits are, if we go this route. > On the contrary - I think we are risking to loose many core contributors if > we do that. > > Greetings, > > Andreas > >
Sounds like a good case for running a survey of the developers! Regards Tim > On 2018-10-30 13:28, Denis Rouzaud wrote: > >> >> >> Le mar. 30 oct. 2018 à 01:44, Tim Sutton <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : >> >> I think there are other things we could do, like introducing this >> non-retrospectively, so that any new code coming in is ceded to QGIS.org >> <http://qgis.org/> ownership and we leave whatever is in the code base >> as-is. Devs could cede their previous work to QGIS.org <http://qgis.org/> on >> an individual basis if they want to. Over time the bulk of the code may >> naturally become the copyright of QGIS.org <http://qgis.org/> (think version >> 10 here...) >> >> It might be even worth starting it on parallel (as the above provess might >> take a year or more). The contributors curve has more an exponential than >> linear shape lately. >> >> >> -- >> Denis Rouzaud >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> +41 76 370 21 22 <x-msg://31/#NOP> >> <x-msg://31/#NOP> >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-Developer mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> — Tim Sutton Co-founder: Kartoza Ex Project chair: QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open source: Desktop GIS programming services Geospatial web development GIS Training Consulting Services Skype: timlinux IRC: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
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