From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32481 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2004 11:33:23 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 1 Sep 2004 11:33:23 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C2TMh-0007lx-0u for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:33:23 +0000 Received: (qmail 5472 invoked by uid 89); 1 Sep 2004 11:33:17 +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 7254 invoked from network); 1 Sep 2004 11:33:16 +0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:31:24 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20040824141120.GA9931@gentoo.org> <20040901073242.GA8228@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409011331.24838.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposal: Social Contract change & What is "Gentoo" ? X-Archives-Salt: e211cb1b-bf75-41cd-add4-cf074323f58a X-Archives-Hash: 1f182bb4a5195d5dea46cf0f71029bde On Wednesday 01 September 2004 10:34, Duncan wrote: > As for the draft.. the wording of the "Gentoo" definition looks a bit > shaky to me. It could be taken to lay claim to /all/ the "intellectual > property" produced by Gentoo developers in the two given areas. I'm > sure many are familiar with existing corporate practice to this effect. > Thus, an additional clause "as they may choose to contribute it to the > Gentoo and larger open source community" might be in order. > > Gentoo is the collection of: > > * free knowledge such as documentation and metadata about > concepts/domains relevant to operating systems and their components, > created by Gentoo developers "as they may choose to contribute it to > the Gentoo and larger open source community" > > * free software developed by Gentoo Developers "as they may choose to > contribute that too, to the Gentoo and larger open source > community" > > ... or something to that effect, anyway... the idea being that they may > have OTHER projects they are involved with, particularly as the > developers are volunteers and would be /expected/ to have other jobs > and commitments, and Gentoo isn't going to demand that all THAT work > ALSO be made available to Gentoo. I agree with you that the wording is not good. I don't think there was ever the intention to be that "broad". Also this is not supposed to be a legal document, more a guideline that clarifies what we see as gentoo, and what does not belong in gentoo anymore. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list