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On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:34:14 -0700 |
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Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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> In order to contribute to GNU projects, one must sign a copyright |
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> assignment statement. |
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> |
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> Gentoo doesn't have anything similar as far as I'm aware, which makes |
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> me question the legitimacy of "Gentoo Foundation" copyrights. |
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> |
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> What is the story? |
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Gentoo did have a copyright transfer agreement at one point, which was |
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written by an actual paid-for lawyer. Developers had to agree to hand |
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over their floppy disks and monitors to the Foundation upon request. |
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Developers who were recruited in a particular time window had to sign |
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it, but anyone who started before didn't. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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