IMHO, BusyBox is a good counter-example. They do not require copyright
assignment, they have multiple copyright holders and they have
successfully defended GPL on lawsuits. BusyBox is used in embedded
systems.
Eben Moglen said that there were some troubles in the enforcement
acti
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
I consider
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 16:33 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Copyright assignments to one organization put that organization in a
> strong position to enforce the GPL in court, because it can claim
> copyright over the whole work. The FSF's lawyers advised us to get
> copyright assignments for con
Copyright assignments to one organization put that organization in a
strong position to enforce the GPL in court, because it can claim
copyright over the whole work. The FSF's lawyers advised us to get
copyright assignments for contributions to our packages saying it
would reduce uncertainty in en
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
I think co
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
>
> [1] ht
On 05/26/2011 06:01 PM, Olav Vitters wrote:
Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
what should be done?
I also think that the curr
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
>
Unless y
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
>
Personall
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
First at a
Le jeudi 26 mai 2011 à 10:50 -0400, Ryan Lortie a écrit :
>
> External dependencies are one thing, but I feel very strongly that any
> sort of legal agreement as a precondition to participate in the
> development of software that is considered part of the GNOME project is
> completely unacceptable
Olav:
On 05/26/11 05:01, Olav Vitters wrote:
Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
what should be done?
I am proud to say that
hi Olav,
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:01 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
>
> [1] ht
On 2011-05-26 at 12:01, Olav Vitters wrote:
> Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
> wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
> Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
> what should be done?
as a developer and ma
Given that we already have a policy on copyright assignments[1], I
wondered what is your position regarding contributor agreements[2]?
Should the board do something with contributor agreements and if so,
what should be done?
[1] https://live.gnome.org/CopyrightAssignment
[2] e.g. http://lwn.net/Ar
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