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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Cc: Gokturk Yuksek <gokturk@g.o>, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] call for agenda items -- council meeting 2019-04-14
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:53:36
Message-Id: b0d4849e-72d2-19b9-5027-fff555ec67e1@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] call for agenda items -- council meeting 2019-04-14 by Rich Freeman
1 On 4/9/19 11:50 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 5:46 PM Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> If you are to provide anything related to this, I'd suggest also
5 >> providing (i) a template copyright assignment document that assigns the
6 >> copyright of any work to the foundation (will only be valid in countries
7 >> where this is allowed, including US), and (ii) a policy document when
8 >> the real name can be disclosed when needed (e.g in a court case
9 >> disputing the copyright).
10 >>
11 >
12 > I think that this is starting to go off on a tangent, but a lot has
13 > already been done on that front using the FSFe FLA as a starting
14 > point. I wouldn't suggest that somebody just create something from
15 > scratch. (And for those who are worried, the general thinking to date
16 > is that it would be 100% voluntary.)
17 >
18 > That said, I really don't see how assignment helps here. I suggest
19 > taking any discussion around that to a separate thread unless there is
20 > a clear tie-in, and I don't think this is a direction Council is
21 > likely to go in anyway.
22 >
23
24 if the foundation approves pseudonym actors, an assignment from said
25 person could have legal bearing but the identify wouldn't necessarily
26 need to be immediately disclosed except an additional tag that the
27 person has signed an assignment document. of course that presumes that
28 the rationale for pseudonym isn't copyright avoidance to begin with.
29
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