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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:14:48AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Thursday 21 August 2003 00:09, Paul wrote: |
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> > A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement |
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> > for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told |
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> > no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has |
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> > changed, or was untrue. |
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> afaik, it's up to each individual dev atm ... personally i just make my own |
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> ebuilds if a submitter copyrights anything other than Gentoo ... that way |
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> they cant say i stole it :) |
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> > Now, Ive already given up on the submission |
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> > process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I |
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> > havent yet given up on Gentoo itself. |
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> not sure if it was made in policy ... |
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> -mike |
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It was supposed to be discussed after Daniel consulted with his lawyer |
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(about dual copyright ownership) |
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before becoming written policy. I don't think we have any results yet. |
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In the meantime, I think we should stick to what we know is legally safe |
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(assign all copyrights to Gentoo). |
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