Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Ian Kelling writes: > it is protected by > GPLv3+ I should have been more specific and said LGPLv3+ :)

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Ludovic Courtès writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hello Guilers! > > Until now, we required copyright for “legally significant¹” > contributions to Guile to be assigned to the Free Software Foundation > (FSF). This requirement did not exist for code not initially written > for

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

FYI, it looks like the file HACKING mentions copyright assignment. You probably want to update it.

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Hi Maxime, Maxime Devos skribis: > On 06-10-2022 22:18, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> Hello Guilers! >> [...] >> New contributors are encouraged to assign copyright to the FSF by >> emailing them one of the forms at >> , >>

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

On 06-10-2022 22:18, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Hello Guilers! [...] New contributors are encouraged to assign copyright to the FSF by emailing them one of the forms at , especially if they intend to contribute significantly going

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Jean Abou Samra writes: > When I did this copyright assignment for Emacs, I recall > that the procedure was a bit demotivating (the person > was very friendly, but when you live in an isolated area > and don't have a printer and you must print the document > to sign it ...). It also sounds good

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Hi Ludovic and Andy, Great news! Thanks for lowering the barrier to entry for new contributors! - Dave

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Le 06/10/2022 à 22:18, Ludovic Courtès a écrit : Hello Guilers! Until now, we required copyright for “legally significant¹” contributions to Guile to be assigned to the Free Software Foundation (FSF). This requirement did not exist for code not initially written for Guile—e.g., (ice-9

Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

Hello Guilers! Until now, we required copyright for “legally significant¹” contributions to Guile to be assigned to the Free Software Foundation (FSF). This requirement did not exist for code not initially written for Guile—e.g., (ice-9 match), sxml-match, etc. The purported advantage of