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Re: Overview of copyright issues
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Han-Wen Nienhuys |
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Re: Overview of copyright issues |
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Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:30:31 -0300 |
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Joseph
Wakeling<address@hidden> wrote:
> Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>> Jan and I know that the current situation wrt copyright headers and
>> license notes is not ideal, but we never could bring ourselves to fix
>> it, because there always were more important things to do.
>> Nevertheless, if someone feels energetic to take this on, they have my
>> blessing.
>
> Well, I'm happy to go fix the actual files, just not sure what the
> precise legal ramifications of this are. I mean, if _I_ change the
> copyright notice in a file that is _your_ copyright ... :-)
Also, let's assume I am not interested in tiring myself, and that I
will not try to sue for adding gpl headers to the source.
> But anyway, I'm willing to do the typing side of it. I just need you to
> clarify exactly what I should put: presumably GPLv2 for code files and
> GFDLv1.1 for docs are the base licenses, but would you and Jan approve
> putting GPLv2 or later for your own contributions? What are your
Let's postpone difficult decisions, and stick with gplv2 for the
notices for now.
> thoughts (and recommendations) for code written by others? I know that
> you ran into a paperwork issue some time back that has never been resolved.
I think having to sign paperwork (esp. having your employer sign
something) is something that puts a big barrier up for potential
contributors. I am not sure it is worth the effort.
> I'd consider taking on the paperwork side as well (not right now, maybe
> a month or two from now) but I want to try and to as much as possible of
> what can be done without it.
>
> What I could suggest as an approval mechanism is for individual authors
> to 'sign off' the patches (as git allows) that add licensing notices to
> their files, to show that they consent to what has been put there.
Sign-off: Han-Wen Nienhuys
In general it would be good to know who reviewed what.
--
Han-Wen Nienhuys - address@hidden - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, (continued)
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Hans Aberg, 2009/09/10
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Anthony W. Youngman, 2009/09/10
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Hans Aberg, 2009/09/10
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Joseph Wakeling, 2009/09/10
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Hans Aberg, 2009/09/10
- Re: Overview of copyright issues, Travis Briggs, 2009/09/10
Re: Overview of copyright issues, Matthias Kilian, 2009/09/09
Re: Overview of copyright issues, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2009/09/09
Re: Overview of copyright issues, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2009/09/09
Re: Overview of copyright issues, Carl Sorensen, 2009/09/09
Re: Overview of copyright issues, John Mandereau, 2009/09/11
Re: Overview of copyright issues, Don Armstrong, 2009/09/09