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commit: 29ec3eec63ed6de47cd4dccb763305e74b04336f |
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Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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AuthorDate: Tue May 29 13:35:50 2018 +0000 |
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Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> |
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CommitDate: Sun Jun 10 18:42:07 2018 +0000 |
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URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=29ec3eec |
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glep-0076: Provide a short rationale to the policy |
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glep-0076.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ |
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diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst |
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index a57aa6b..cb3f611 100644 |
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--- a/glep-0076.rst |
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+++ b/glep-0076.rst |
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@@ -216,6 +216,25 @@ attributing copyright. |
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Rationale |
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+This document aims to provide a single consistent copyright policy for |
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+all Gentoo projects. It is explicitly enforced for all official Gentoo |
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+projects in order to protect the interests of Gentoo as a whole, |
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+including its contributors, developers and users. Additionally, it is |
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+enforced for all other projects hosted on Gentoo infrastructure in order |
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+to protect the Gentoo infrastructure owners and improve consistency. |
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+ |
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+The copyright model is built on a combination of DCO model used |
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+by the Linux kernel with FLA model used by different open source |
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+projects. It requires all contributors to certify the legitimacy |
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+of their contributions; however, they can freely choose whether to |
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+assign the copyright to Gentoo, or not. |
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+ |
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+Ideally, all major contributors to Gentoo would choose to sign the FLA. |
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+However, enforcing it for all contributors would only create unnecessary |
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+bureaucracy for trivial contributions and discourage a number of users |
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+from actually contributing to Gentoo. The mixed model allows users to |
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+choose a way of contributing that is appropriate to them. |
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+ |
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Key dates in Gentoo copyright history |
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