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Am Dienstag, 12. März 2013, 00:12:43 schrieb Rich Freeman: |
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> So, clarification now that I'm back at a keyboard... |
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> DCO is mandatory, and is simply a declaration that the committer has |
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> checked and the new code is distributed under the license chosen for |
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> the project (see original email for details, but generally |
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> GPL/BSD/etc). The Linux kernel is the main model for this. Since |
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> Gentoo is not always being assigned copyright we need to have a clear |
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> declaration that the code is available under a suitable free license |
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> so that we can further distribute it. |
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> FLA is optional, and is essentially a copyright assignment (or |
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> reasonable facsimile in certain jurisdictions designed by the FSFe). |
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> KDE is the main model for this. |
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Which obviously means, now if everyone signs a KDE with GPL'ed key and sends |
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it with SPF to TGF (The Gentoo Foundation), everything is IPO. (In Perfect |
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Order.) |
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Seriously, could you repeat this for laymen and non-americans? |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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