All that  sounds good to me, I'll look at all taht soon...



On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Arc Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> >
> > Is there a "pre-announcement" website ?
> >
>
> copyleftgames.org - there is nothing there right now.  keep in mind we've
> only been at this for about 2 months now, there are many higher priorities
> than a website.
>
>
>
> > is this only financial or is there some sort of legal coverage ?
> >
>
> Our initial goal is to provide a corporate entity and accounting for
> projects.  We are talking about growing it to provide education and
> assistance with retail distribution, group discounts on server colocation,
> etc etc, but I won't go into details on things we haven't firmed up yet.
>
> Copyright assignment, if a project wants/needs it, but there is no
> obligation so long as the project remains under a GPL compatible copyleft
> license.  Unlike GNU, if you do copyright assignment, it'd be a 2-way
> agreement.
>
> We are not equipped nor are looking to go in the direction of legal
> coverage.  If legal needs arise we should be able to peer up with the FSF,
> SFLC, or other groups more equipped to handle the legal end of things.
>
>
>
> > do we have to assign copyright a-la GNU ?
> >
>
> Nope, but AFAIK, you don't for GNU either.
>
> Unlike GNU, we don't put any technical limitations on your code - so long
> as it remains copyleft.  Your development structure should not change by
> joining, you just gain a legal entity for your project so you can handle
> group funds, donations, etc properly.
>
> Wesnoth is your project, not ours - Copyleft Games Group would be an
> umbrella you fit into as a "Member Project" but we don't own you.  We're a
> voluntary organization.  If the org becomes corrupt or it just doesn't work
> out, you could leave cleanly.
>
>
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