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I think that before we do anything to the copyright assignment, we need to 1, have current copyrights transfered over to us and that will take a bit of time, and 2, we need to have a lawyer look at our current copyright doc. When a lawyer looks at the current copyright doc, I think then we can ask him/her about copyrights outside the us, and if they're enforceable. |
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As for the changes in the cvs tree, I really think that we should have waited on those till we had the copyrights transfered to us. I think that change was made a bit quickly, especially since we don't own the copyrights yet:p |
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:13:16 +0000 |
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> From: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o |
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> To: gentoo-trustees@l.g.o |
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> Cc: gentoo-core@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-trustees] copyright assignment doc |
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> I've mentioned this before but didn't receive much response, so I'll |
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> mention it again. |
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> Our copyright assignment doc needs to change. Specific problems with it: |
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> * It claims ownership of developer hard drives "...or computer media |
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> relating to the Work.") |
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> * It says "Gentoo Technologies" instead of "Gentoo Foundation" |
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> * It is completely unenforceable for any user (non-dev) that submits |
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> something to bugzilla and/or submissions@g.o. (we're not |
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> requiring them to sign this doc, so it's not enforceable) |
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> * Because we allow the storage things like kernel patches, etc. for which |
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> we do not own the copyright, in CVS (in the files/ directories), it shows |
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> that we're selectively enforcing the copyright assignment. In the past, |
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> this has often resulted in the entire document being tossed in court. |
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> * It is questionable whether or not we have any legal right to enforce |
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> copyright claims for non-US devs. They're not US citizens, so it's not |
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> clear if they're subject to US copyright restrictions/assignments. |
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> * We selectively enforce who must sign it. |
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> * [minor] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/copyright/index.xml needs to |
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> be updated to remove Daniel from the text. |
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> There are a number of ways to solve this. One set of suggestions: |
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> * Eliminate the "...or computer media" clause. |
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> * s/Gentoo Technologies/Gentoo Foundation/g |
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> * Not sure, but it's something we need to resolve. |
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> * Some how find a way to allow storage of files/ files in CVS for which we |
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> cannot legally claim copyright on. I'm open to suggestions on how to |
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> best do this. |
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> * Seek legal counsel on the merit of this document wrt non-US-based devs. |
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> * Either have *everyone* sign it or *no one* sign it. |
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> * [minor] fix the copyright FAQ page. |
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> Until we change this doc, I would like to stop having new devs sign it. It |
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> is causing a number of problems, confusion and general unhappiness on |
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> #gentoo-dev. I don't think it provides a net benefit to Gentoo as it reads |
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> now, (for the reasons outlined above) so I don't see the reason for |
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> requiring it. |
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> Thoughts, opinions, flames, etc. |
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> --kurt |
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