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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:08:02PM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> Enemy Territory, though free, has a restriction that would keep us from |
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> distributing it in "modified form", which includes the installed form. |
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> The only form that we can provide it in is the installer itself. |
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> If I wanted to get permission from Id to make, say, the old Gentoo Games |
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> Enemy Territory CD and redistribute it, they would need to grant a |
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> specific license to the Foundation to allow this, correct? |
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Yes |
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> Now, who/what would that license cover? The Foundation? All the |
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> developers? Our mirrors? |
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Redistribution by the Gentoo Project represented by the Gentoo Foundation. |
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> What legal bindings does the Foundation have to say, developer Y? Can |
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> the Foundation engage in legal contracts on the behalf of Gentoo Linux? |
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No, Gentoo developers are no employees of any kind and are not bound to any |
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agreement (except perhaps for the transfer of rights for contributed Work |
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but that's still under discussion). |
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The Foundation cannot engage any legal contract on the behalf of any Gentoo |
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developer, not even on behalf of its members or board members. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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