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A while back I requested information on past copyright assignments [1]. |
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Since then, we have located some 30 of the assignment forms, signed by |
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developers (most of them retired by now) in 2004. |
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Here is the second part of the exercise. The current draft of the new |
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Gentoo copyright policy [2] arranges for two procedures: |
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1. Certifying agreement to a "Gentoo Developer's Certificate of Origin" |
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by including a "Signed-off-by" line with every commit. This would |
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be virtually identical to the procedure used for the Linux kernel, |
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and would be mandatory. A draft of the Gentoo DCO can be seen at [3]. |
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2. In addition, according to the current policy draft, developers would |
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be encouraged to sign a "Gentoo Contributor License Agreement (CLA)". |
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Its current draft version is at [4]. However, this would be |
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completely voluntary and *not* be required. The exact workflow |
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hasn't been drafted yet, but PGP signing of the form would be one |
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possibility. (Also note that the form includes fields for real name |
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and postal address.) |
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The goals of the second item is to "make compliance with this policy |
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easier (fewer copyright holders to list), and allow the Foundation to |
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enforce copyrights and re-license content if appropriate" [2]. |
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Apparently, we will only be able to achieve these goals if a |
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significant fraction of contributors will sign the CLA. |
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So, before I pursue more work on the CLA I would like to ask all |
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developers and contributors: |
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- Would you sign a "Gentoo Contributor License Agreement", similar to |
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the current draft in [4]? |
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Please reply to me personally; I shall post a summary to the |
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gentoo-project mailing list in one week from now. |
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Thank you in advance, |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/4958621b17b00eac7aaca1c8737b8b57 |
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[2] https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/glep-copyrightpolicy.html |
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[3] https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/glep-copyrightpolicy.html#certificate-of-origin |
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[4] https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/cla/cla.pdf |
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