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On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 10:36 +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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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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> > |
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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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OK. |
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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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This is totally contradictory to what you said above. A license granted |
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to the Foundation *is* a legal contract. |
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Are you saying that even though someone could grant us a license that it |
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holds absolutely no value? Does this mean we have exactly zero means of |
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getting licenses or engaging in partnerships with other companies? |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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