From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3634 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Aug 2003 07:05:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 21330 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2003 07:05:33 -0000 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:04:46 -0400 From: Paul To: Mike Gardiner Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030821070446.GI26885@squish.home.loc> References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821041723.GA2653@cerberus.oppresses.us> <33324.203.10.231.229.1061441473.squirrel@tkdack.bpa.nu> <1061442673.3999.7.camel@zen.mine.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1061442673.3999.7.camel@zen.mine.nu> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: 0c1128e9-1bf5-48eb-9fe2-76fa4c980bed X-Archives-Hash: 773369cf7078c501746bc185d747f7e5 Mike Gardiner , on Thu Aug 21, 2003 [01:11:39 PM] said: > In a lot of ways, for users or contributors, I think it boils down to > credit and acknowledgement, rather than as a legal hold or similar. The > standard method for giving credit for ebuilds submissions, that I was > introduced to at least, was to ensure the contributor was acknowledged > in the ChangeLog corresponding with the first commit of the package. > Something simple along the lines of, > > "Thanks to Some User for the ebuild contribution". > > I guess to users this doesnt seem as concrete an acknowledgement as a > line like, > > # Copyright 2003 (c) Some User Hi; Speaking for myself, its not an atribution thing at all. I have no problem contributing to the kernel without any mention of me at all, or any of the many other projects I have submited stuff to.... its more an issue of why should I surrender rights to an entity, which may be currently piloted by paladins, but whose future I have no control over, without any clear justification. Paul set@pobox.com -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list