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From: Louis Suarez-Potts <[メールアドレス保護]> Subject: [ooo-announce] New License and Contributor Agreement Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:01:45 -0500 > All, > > Some interesting news. > > Summary > ======== > > * The license for code is changing from the early LGPL v 2.1 to 3.0 > effective the Beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0. (The actual date of this > beta has not been finalized.) > > * The Joint Copyright Assignment form (JCA) is being replaced by the > Sun Microsystems Inc. Contributor Agreement (SCA). This change is > effective immediately with this announcement. > > Background > ========== > > Late last year, there was a discussion about the implications of the > ratification of GPLv3 or LGPLv3 for OpenOffice.org among the > OpenOffice.org project leads. The leads were generally in favour of > adopting the updated licenses. The outcome of this and other > discussions is that Sun is changing the license for the OpenOffice.org > codebase to the more flexible and protective LGPL v3 [0], effective > with the beta of OpenOffice.org 3.0 which is due later this year. This > change is supported by the OpenOffice.org Community Council. > > This move forward is the natural evolutionary step to take for a > codebase using a license from the FSF license family. The drafting > process for the license involved substantial FOSS community input and > we will benefit from this work. In particular, the new license > includes additional protections for the community against software > patents. > > OpenOffice.org will continue using the LGPL so as to minimize the > disruption to our community and expanding ecosystem, which evolved > around the LGPL codebase. The LGPL grants flexibility to a broad range > of users and developers, while still ensuring that modifications to > the code are contributed back to the community. > > The new license is a major reason to exchange the Joint Copyright > Assignment(JCA) with the Sun Contributor Agreement(SCA) [1]. For > OpenOffice.org there will be an addendum, which accommodates > developers of the core OOo codebase and of non-core extensions through > different contribution models. It does not change the fact that > contributions to the product packaged as OpenOffice.org require an SCA. > > The addendum enables OpenOffice.org to more easily host the source > code of extensions, and thus promotes collaboration with other > interested parties on the respective extension in a familiar > environment. There is similar flexibility for documentation. The > creation of the related contribution guidelines is in progress. > > A large number of GPL/LGPL projects have already moved to v3 [2]. For > OpenOffice.org the next major release is the right time to change. > Preparations will start immediately, so that we can publish > OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta under LGPLv3. > > The SCA, including the OpenOffice.org addendum, will be published on > the OpenOffice.org site together with a FAQ and a pointer to the Sun > SCA FAQ [3]. It comes into effect with this announcement. See also our > FAQ on licensing. [4]. > > A copy of this announcement can be found at > http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/newlicense2008.html > . > > Regards, > > Louis Suarez-Potts > Community Manager > OpenOffice.org > Sun Microsystems, Inc. > > > [0] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html > [1] http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf > [2] http://gpl3.palamida.com:8080/index.jsp > [3] http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/contributor_agreement.jsp > [4] http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [メールアドレス保護] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [メールアドレス保護] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [メールアドレス保護] For additional commands, e-mail: [メールアドレス保護]
