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>>>>> On Sun, 13 May 2018, Matthew Thode wrote: |
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> Please send any new agenda items as new threads to the gentoo-nfp |
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> list. |
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Between December 2003 and June 2004, developers were asked to sign |
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a copyright assignment form [1], transferring copyright to "Gentoo |
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Technologies, Inc., including its successors and assignees". |
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On 2005-06-13, GTI provided a "Release from Contract Requirements" |
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document [2], nullifying that contract. However, note that this |
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nullification took place after copyrights had been transferred from |
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GTI to the Foundation (on 2005-05-19). |
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a) Please clarify if (former) developers who have signed that form |
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still have (or ever had) any obligations against the Gentoo |
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Foundation. In other words, is the Foundation a "successor or |
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assignee" of GTI? |
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b) If the answer to a) is yes, could the Foundation release them from |
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these duties or obligations? |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/devrel/copyright/assignment.txt?hideattic=0&revision=1.1&view=markup |
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[2] https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/glep-copyrightpolicy.html#key-dates-in-gentoo-copyright-history |