Hi, Several months ago, the Release Team contacted the GNOME Foundation to know what should be done if a module proposed for inclusion in GNOME requires a copyright assignment. There was no policy for this at that time, so the Board discussed the topic with the Advisory Board and asked Bradley Kuhn and Michael Meeks to draft a policy.
After some iterations and feedback from various people, the policy was approved by the board. You can find the whole policy at: http://live.gnome.org/CopyrightAssignment The very short summary is that the inclusion of a new module in GNOME that requires copyright assignment has to be explicitly approved on a case-by-case basis by both the Release Team and the GNOME Foundation Board. The decision will be made based on criteria explained in the policy as well as in this additional document: http://live.gnome.org/CopyrightAssignment/Guidelines Note that this does not cover external dependencies. This clarifies a situation where the Release Team was faced with a decision it was uncomfortable to take alone, since it implied non-technical aspects. We feel that this policy and the criteria that are considered for decisions by the Release Team and the Board reflect the position of the community. Many thanks to Bradley and Michael who worked hard to produce those two documents, and to adjust them based on feedback that was received! Thanks, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list