welcome from Beijing. Yarko is referring the Clojure agreement. http://clojure.org/space/showimage/ca.pdf
Somebody pointed me to it. I do not have a strong feeling but seems clears and concise. massimo On Jul 19, 6:04 am, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jul 19, 11:14 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have no strong object to the idea of removing every prerequisite > > > from admission to web2py-developers. > > > Good :) > > > > But I still think we need to figure out a way to better acknowledge > > > the role of contributors. > > > Have contributors stated they want more acknowledgement? > > This is part of the point.... community, if knowing who area contributors > are have a better sense of expertise; both in something to strive for, and > something for others to see, this provides benefits... > > > > > > Moreover so many people have contributed so far we should also start > > > thinking about protecting copyright issues (both protecting web2py > > > from possible contamination of copyrighted code, and protecting the > > > contributors by making sure they retain rights on their contributed > > > code). > > > We should look how other projects handle these issues. > > > This is usually done through a CLA: > > >http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/HowToContribute#ContributorsLicenseAg... > > Massimo sent me something to comment on the other day that was derived from > a Sun agreement; > While these are all interesting, ultimately we need a lawyer's opinion on > what would best protect intent of project and contributors. > > (Perhaps Van could suggest something? I have not yet read his "Intellectual > Property & Open Source", but it is on the shelf staring at me...) > > - Yarko > > > > > Contributors sign-over their rights to the project. > > Having this be a Foundation rather than an individual could be useful > > here (although personally I'm fine either way). > > > F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
