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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:14:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200308210014.54638.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc>

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On Thursday 21 August 2003 00:09, Paul wrote:
> 	A long while back, I asked if it was a requirement
> for ebuild submiters to assign copyright. I was told
> no, GPL license was entirely sufficient. I think this has
> changed, or was untrue.

afaik, it's up to each individual dev atm ... personally i just make my own 
ebuilds if a submitter copyrights anything other than Gentoo ... that way 
they cant say i stole it :)

> 	Now, Ive already given up on the submission
> process, but I _am_ curious about this policy, as I
> havent yet given up on Gentoo itself.

not sure if it was made in policy ...
-mike

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-21  4:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-21  4:09 [gentoo-dev] Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? Paul
2003-08-21  4:14 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2003-08-21  4:34   ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21  4:17 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21  4:51   ` Troy Dack
2003-08-21  5:09     ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21  7:00       ` Daniel Robbins
2003-08-21 10:52         ` Paul de Vrieze
2003-08-21  5:11     ` Mike Gardiner
2003-08-21  7:04       ` [gentoo-dev] " Paul
2003-08-21  5:11     ` [gentoo-dev] " Mike Gardiner
2003-08-21  5:16   ` [gentoo-dev] " Paul
2003-08-21  5:46     ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21  6:41       ` Paul
2003-08-21  6:50         ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21  7:37           ` Paul
2003-08-21 10:14           ` Chris Bainbridge
2003-08-21 11:22             ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-08-21 17:56             ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21 18:48               ` Chris Bainbridge
2003-08-21 19:31                 ` Brian Jackson
2003-08-22  1:36                 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-22  4:45             ` [gentoo-dev] " Paul
2003-08-22 13:16               ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-08-21 10:16     ` [gentoo-dev] " Spider
2003-08-21  8:58   ` [gentoo-dev] " Sven Vermeulen
2003-08-21  9:04     ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-21 13:49       ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-21 18:00         ` Jon Portnoy
2003-08-22  0:35           ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-22  0:47             ` Lloyd D Budd
2003-08-22  1:15               ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-22 13:20                 ` Lloyd D Budd
2003-08-21 13:19   ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-21 22:42     ` [gentoo-dev] copyright thread summary? Owen Gunden
2003-08-22  2:43       ` [gentoo-dev] Summary: "Why should copyright assignment be a requirement?" Alec Berryman

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