Snowcrash Short wrote: > I can see that I - or at least my license - has been the topic of > discussion on the -core mailing list. > > I would like to point out, that I have submitted all my patches, advise > and comments, both in mantis, the mailing list, the wiki and on the IRC > channel, in the spirit of the contribution guidelines. > > Consequently my patches in mantis is released to the public under BSD > Any comments on the wiki are under creative-commons Attribution-Share > Alike 2.5, and any advise given on IRC is considered by me to be in the > public domain. > > Whether or not, core will accept patches from me, would be of interest > to me, since preparing the patches takes time, which I could spend more > productively otherwise.
there WAS some concern/confusion about licensing issues on -core and we've settled that. your patches (submitted under the OpenSim BSD license as are all other patches) will continue to be accepted on their technical merit --- again, like we treat all other submitted patches. your case is not the first one and certainly will not be the last one. we try to steer a straight course IP/licensing wise and sometimes we need to discuss issues and implications before reaching consensus (and, in true -core fashing, we sometimes do this in a rather engaged manner, jumping at the chance of having a really good debate). cheers, DrS > > Best regards > ps. I don't want to start any drama, just provide cool facts > pps. there is no sarcasm intended in this email. > > On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 12:27 -0400, Frisby, Adam wrote: >> OK, since I have a nagging feeling no-one read Teravus's original post in >> this long thread (and with a hope of putting this to rest). >> >> There are guidelines for the -core list, which are the following: >> If the topic can be discussed on dev, it should be. Core's scope is limited >> to issues related to commit access, licensing, money, server administrator >> and other 'meta' issues relating to running the project. No-one on dev is >> missing out on any development or code related discussion. Membership is >> limited to active committers (min. one commit in last 6 mo to maintain >> commit access & ML access). 'Votes' are done on consensus with any committer >> having full veto power. >> >> That said, DSVC is not a panacea to programming. Git is better than SVN at >> merging files; but it's still not excellent - Melanie puts in a ton of work >> each week in managing our various branches and bringing them together, >> conflicts and all. >> >> Until someone realises that DSVC needs to include language specific patterns >> (such as refactorings), there is still going to need to be a core project at >> the middle making sure the base works, and still a bunch more people who can >> update branches & forks accordingly. Otherwise maintaining distributions >> becomes an effort in trying to hit moving targets. >> >> Since it'll probably satisfy some of the people who are curious about what >> is discussed on core, here's the last 10 threads. (this represents probably >> 3-5 months of traffic, as I said before, it's low volume.) - as you can see, >> they all do fall into the guidelines listed above. >> >> Last 10 threads on opensim-core: >> 1. Snowcrash's contributions - whether his eclectic license on SCEngine >> affects contributions to opensim master and specifically whether to accept >> patches relating to it. (Licensing.) >> 2. Mantis stopped sending emails, can someone look? >> 3. Where is the CS2JK license? >> 4. Forwarded a request for a spokesperson to speak to someone studying OSS >> communities. >> 5. Stefan announcing his resignation (cc:'d to dev) >> 6. JHurliman commit access [redux]? >> 7. Sean changing projects at IBM, resignation. >> 8. JHurliman commit access? >> 9. Request for moderator access on the wiki. >> 10. Vote on go/no-go on git after trial. >> >> Regards, >> >> Adam >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev- >>> boun...@lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Dr Scofield >>> Sent: Tuesday, 20 October 2009 6:50 AM >>> To: opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] The notion of "core" >>> >>> >>> Edward Middleton wrote: >>>> Teravus Ovares wrote: >>>>> ... Your argument was that the advent of the distributed source >>> control >>>>> system made the 'commit right vote' obsolite, ... >>>> My point was that, with a DVCS, "commit rights" are really just the >>>> right to release manage the official repository. >>> right. opensim-core is just a bunch of dudes and dudettes that manage >>> the >>> official repository. >>> >>> DrS >>> >>> -- >>> dr dirk husemann ---- virtual worlds research ---- ibm zurich research >>> lab >>> SL: dr scofield ---- drscofi...@xyzzyxyzzy.net ---- >>> http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/ >>> RL: h...@zurich.ibm.com - +41 44 724 8573 - >>> http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~hud/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-dev mailing list >>> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-dev mailing list >> Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev -- dr dirk husemann ---- virtual worlds research ---- ibm zurich research lab SL: dr scofield ---- drscofi...@xyzzyxyzzy.net ---- http://xyzzyxyzzy.net/ RL: h...@zurich.ibm.com - +41 44 724 8573 - http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~hud/ _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list Opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev