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>>>>> On Thu, 31 May 2018, kuzetsa wrote: |
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> On 05/30/2018 01:45 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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>> I have a nit question: |
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>> Can we please call the agreement "FLA" instead of "CLA", since it is |
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>> derived from FSFE's FLA-2.0, and is still a FLA at it's heart, rather |
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>> than a USian-centric CLA? |
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> ^ That's not a 'nit question, it's a big deal!!! |
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> After researching the FSFE-style "FLA", it's important: |
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> https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html (FAQ of sorts) |
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> Q) What if trustee misuses the rights I gave to them, e.g. |
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> by re-licensing Free Software as a proprietary one? |
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> A) FLA offers a special clause for this kind of situation |
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> to protect the Free Software project against potentially |
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> malicious intentions of Trustee. According to this |
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> provision, if Trustee acts against the principles of Free |
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> Software, all granted rights and licences return to their |
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> original owners. That means Trustee will be effectively |
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> prevented from continuing any activity which is contrary |
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> to principles of Free Software. |
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> ~(end quote of FAQ, etc)~ |
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> That is to say: in the past, I've refused to contribute |
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> when asked for a generic copyright assignment, especially |
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> when more "permissive" (not as libre / free) licenses were |
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> already causing me to heistate. |
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> If it's a generic "assign all copyrights", then no. |
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> I would not sign a copyright assignment which doesn't |
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> look after my intent to work on libre / free-type works. |
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> yes please. do it as FLA if possible. ::thumbs up:: |
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As I said before, the FSFE has asked us not to name it FLA even with |
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our relatively small changes applied. That's why its title is "Gentoo |
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Contributor License Agreement". Otherwise, it is derived from FLA-2.0 |
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and (IMHO) preserves all its main features. |
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If you still think it should better be named FLA, feel free to take it |
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up with the FSFE legal team (legal@××××××××××.org). I don't feel like |
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going through more hassle just because of the title. |
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Ulrich |
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