Re: Classpath Swing development?

[Dalibor Topic]

Hi Valentin,

Valentin Chira wrote:
> What is this FSF all about? I mean I know what it is but can't we contribute
> without all that paperwork? What if people live in Mongolia and wanna help?
> Is there a way?

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html :)

The FSF wants to be able to enforce the license on FSF's software (like 
GNU Classpath). Since the free software licenses from the FSF like the 
GPL work via copyright, they need to have the copyright for the work in 
question.

It's one sheet of paper where you claim ownership of your code, and 
transfer the copyright to the FSF. You get a right to license the code 
as you see fit (as far as that's within your choice) to third parties.

If copyright assignment to the FSF is something you don't feel 
comfortable with, you might want to contribute to one of the runtimes 
listed on the GNU Classpath page instead. Most of them are not 
copyrighted by the FSF, and I believe that many of them don't have a 
copyright-assignment scheme or requirement.

cheers,
dalibor topic