From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3759 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Aug 2003 07:37:52 -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 1688 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2003 07:37:52 -0000 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:37:12 -0400 From: Paul To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030821073712.GJ26885@squish.home.loc> References: <20030821040916.GE26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821041723.GA2653@cerberus.oppresses.us> <20030821051637.GF26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821054616.GB3498@cerberus.oppresses.us> <20030821064109.GH26885@squish.home.loc> <20030821065001.GA4386@cerberus.oppresses.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030821065001.GA4386@cerberus.oppresses.us> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Why should copyright assignment be a requirement? X-Archives-Salt: 79096205-90df-4f8c-8a50-51c5e33cc70a X-Archives-Hash: 58ec9005ac13e5c95afddd3f98a3d55b Jon Portnoy , on Thu Aug 21, 2003 [02:50:01 AM] said: > > It's for our benefit. Otherwise, we're screwed. > > Frankly, sometimes we have to do things to protect ourselves, even if > that means that when you contribute something to us, the contributed > piece that becomes a part of Gentoo belongs in an intellectual property > sense to Gentoo. You'll find the same situation if you want to > contribute code to GNU projects: copyright must be assigned to the FSF > so they can defend themselves. > > -- > Jon Portnoy > avenj/irc.freenode.net Hi; Thankyou for you candor. I am aware of RMS and FSF policies regarding GNU, and alluded to it. However, I dont see that the situation is analogous. The FSF isnt collecting copyrights to defend itself, but the GPL and the body of work it protects. Gentoo Technologies, Inc. can only be assumed to be interested in itself as a business enterprise. And even given the cred the FSF has built over decades, many people are unwilling to contribute to them under their copyright assignment conditions. Anyway, I think my question has been answered in spades. Gentoo Technologies, Inc. has every right to set requirements for contribution; I feel I now understand them better. Paul set@pobox.com -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list