On 17/11/11 17:46 +0100, Cédric Krier wrote: > On 17/11/11 17:06 +0100, Nicolas Évrard wrote: > > * Okko [2011-11-11 18:00 +0100]: > > > > >During the production workshop at TUL2011 we have discussed this new > > >module. What is clear that many have a need for this module and that > > >possible features are endless. Most of all it is important we make a > > >start with a simple but generic module. After the workshop we have > > >decided to do a joint contribution to make this new module available. > > > > Who will be the copyright owners of the code? > > > > According to me the copyright should be shared amongst people > > contributing to the funding because this can be viewed as a contract > > between some people and a company/person to create the module. But the > > people doing the coding should probably also appear in the COPYRIGHT > > file. > > Indeed, it will depend of the contract between the contributors and the > authors. > Until now, B2CK has always request in his contract the COPYRIGHT of the > code. But we did not define in the request. > > Moreover, if the copyright is shared between all the contributors that > also means that anyone of those contributors can "relicense" (as the > owner) the module with the license of his choice. > > But as the situation is unclear, I propose to put our contract on the > offer. So contributors that disagree with it, can take back his > contribution. Like that we will have a clear situation.
FYI, I contact the administrators of elveos and they said that the copyright ownership is left to the decision of the developers. -- Cédric Krier B2CK SPRL Rue de Rotterdam, 4 4000 Liège Belgium Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Email/Jabber: [email protected] Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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