On 2012-01-11 04:25 , Ethan Jucovy wrote:
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
> inbound=outbound: there is no formal CLA but there's a policy, perhaps
> formal, that states that all code contributions are made under the
> existing license.
>
> I have the impression trac operates in the third mode, but it's not
> clear.
>
> Thanks. I hadn't realized that Trac's copyright works this way.
Hi Ethan and all,
Yes that's correct, there's no formal CLA or any formal policy
describing how code contributions are handled.
What we do have is that all source files have a
"Copyright XXXX-YYYY Edgewall Software" line in the license header. In
addition to that many files also have similar lines for individual
developers.
I'm not a lawyer so I don't really know if this means that Edgewall
Software holds full or partial copyright of the source code.
> That said, edgewall could assign any copyrights it does hold to SFC.
Even though I think Edgewall Software has served the project well so
far. I think from my perspective the most interesting part of the SFC
proposal would be to find a way for it to replace Edgewall Software as
copyright holder and legal entity.
Hopefully that will be enough to remove future concerns when it comes to
external sponsoring and code contributions.
Cheers,
Jonas
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