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On 29.7.2021 11.05, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> Unfortunately, copyright law doesn't work like this. |
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> Typically, a contribution will be an adaptation of an existing work. |
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> By copyright law, it is a protected work, and the author has the |
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> exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution, unless he or she |
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> grants these rights to others, typically by releasing it under some |
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> license. |
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Just slap a notification when ever any Github PR is opened, or bugzilla |
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attachment added (same way as the GLEP-76 is now mentioned in them) |
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Stating "if you don't accept to these terms, close your PR or don't |
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upload your attachment". Hey, it works with cookies in *every* web site, |
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why couldn't it work here legally? |
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Does *any* other distribution require this to contribute? Or apart from |
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linux itself, *any* other open source project? Has *anyone* ever gotten |
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intro trouble due to this? It sounds a bit ridiculous having to signal |
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to contributors that "hey you need to random generate some kind of name |
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for yourself because of, hey, reasons you know" while literally no one |
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else asks for this. |
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-- juippis |
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