Gentoo Archives: gentoo-trustees

From: Corey Shields <cshields@g.o>
To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-trustees] Where to go now for copyright discussions
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:18:25
Message-Id: 425D62E5.4000906@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-trustees] Where to go now for copyright discussions by Deedra Waters
1 Deedra Waters wrote:
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3 >I'd keep it on trustees for now. However, I'd not worry about it till
4 >the rest of the trustees decide wether they want a copyright assignment
5 >or not. So far we've got 2 against, 1 for. we need 7 for a decision.
6 >
7 >
8 I'm not against doing it, but I dread the outcome. I can think of
9 quite a big chunk of devs we will lose by forcing a copyright signature,
10 which is unfortunate for them because it's just protecting their work,
11 but it's going to be a mess.
12
13 ..the irony behind it is that all of these people put "Copyright 2005
14 Gentoo Foundation" on the top of their code ANYWAY. they just don't
15 realize that it does not hold up in court. *sigh*
16
17 -C
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20 Corey Shields
21 Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team and Devrel Team
22 Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees
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