From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 556D8198005 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7100E06F4; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com (mail-ie0-f181.google.com [209.85.223.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49EA3E0667; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 17so5437287iea.40 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:12:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=VIjUtAXzraJcpJQY7M1GdmgnfitAO4cZyAVQM16EkJ8=; b=gEoTi7qlIg1XpD9Dwc4X11OYBoCelUNMBJunnjKdosP9PO0fQTnMURd5fsG1mf+r95 Dj74/F8WCb+DwTqsZn3reludw9SJjfDfUqh5bpjYBx4WCFQXjgdsw5CgR1ToAZzgleSz f/6hl/ojuPt9Np3QWn4B3aVdGIFIlsumXFOYGx6jxU0r6kpoNYGQUo4TL67uRpyb7Djh 6GznqhRusbgWUuu77R8+IcnbXubyNl/ihOeWULa8+pLSbTXUpTNj9854042UW2izq9dL pNn2bwBx9IkwMd0JUKGHFFv9RxqiY1UBhRIToRGzCAjraeWJviCmdvleCpwz8RdYhjaC sD6A== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.209.4 with SMTP id mi4mr9206971igc.40.1363043563564; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.21.98 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:12:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20130311211955.GB32527@kroah.com> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:12:43 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SwSlGsjFsFxneGUspqdOK-luc8E Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Forming Gentoo Policy - Copyright Assignment and Attribution From: Rich Freeman To: "gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org" Cc: "gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 33921a0b-25ff-4152-b666-b5188447d8ac X-Archives-Hash: 004931b13158ebd1abfad62416e4d16e On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > No change intended. This is what happens when you send a thirty second > follow-up to a policy formed over two weeks, and then step away to eat... So, clarification now that I'm back at a keyboard... DCO is mandatory, and is simply a declaration that the committer has checked and the new code is distributed under the license chosen for the project (see original email for details, but generally GPL/BSD/etc). The Linux kernel is the main model for this. Since Gentoo is not always being assigned copyright we need to have a clear declaration that the code is available under a suitable free license so that we can further distribute it. FLA is optional, and is essentially a copyright assignment (or reasonable facsimile in certain jurisdictions designed by the FSFe). KDE is the main model for this. But, to whatever extent that anything I just wrote disagrees with the original email, just read the original email. The original email was carefully proofread by the Trustees, the rest is just discussion/reminders/etc. The final policy will be even more carefully reviewed. The whole bit about mandatory copyright assignment was dropped after the last round of discussion for all the reasons that have just been rehashed... Rich