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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Andreas K. Huettel |
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<dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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> Seriously, could you repeat this for laymen and non-americans? |
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Well, the full description is in the original email, but: |
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DCO = Developer Certificate of Origin. For an example see [1] |
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starting at line 309. This is just a declaration that the |
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authorship/license/etc is accurate/compatible/etc. As mentioned |
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previously, signing this is mandatory, and we'll try to streamline it |
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as is done on other projects like Linux (again, see [1]). |
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GPL = GNU Public License |
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GNU = GNU's Not Unix |
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BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution License |
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Linux = A little-known OS kernel |
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Gentoo = An OS distribution you might have heard of |
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FLA = Fiduciary License Agreement. This is essentially similar to a |
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copyright assignment, but it is designed to be legal in jurisdictions |
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that do not permit copyright assignment (such as Germany). For an |
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example see [2]. As mentioned, signing this is optional, and it would |
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be signed electronically as well. |
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KDE = K Desktop Environment. |
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K = See [3], or better still the unabridged OED. |
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OED = Oxford English Dictionary. Before there was emerge |
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--quiet-build n there was the OED. |
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But yes, you can be forgiven for not caring about much of this stuff. :) |
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Rich |
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1 - http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches |
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2 - http://ev.kde.org/rules/fla.php |
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3 - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/K |
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