[gentoo-dev] Re: Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?

[Paul]

Mike Gardiner <obz@g.o>, on Thu Aug 21, 2003 [01:11:39 PM] said:

> In a lot of ways, for users or contributors, I think it boils down to
> credit and acknowledgement, rather than as a legal hold or similar. The
> standard method for giving credit for ebuilds submissions, that I was
> introduced to at least, was to ensure the contributor was acknowledged
> in the ChangeLog corresponding with the first commit of the package.
> Something simple along the lines of,
>
> "Thanks to Some User <user@email> for the ebuild contribution".
>
> I guess to users this doesnt seem as concrete an acknowledgement as a
> line like,
>
> # Copyright 2003 (c) Some User

	Hi;

	Speaking for myself, its not an atribution thing at all.
I have no problem contributing to the kernel without any mention
of me at all, or any of the many other projects I have submited
stuff to.... its more an issue of why should I surrender rights
to an entity, which may be currently piloted by paladins, but
whose future I have no control over, without any clear
justification.

Paul
set@×××××.com

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