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Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode
From: |
Carsten Dominik |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:34:50 +0100 |
On 13 mrt. 2013, at 12:12, Andreas Röhler <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 13.03.2013 11:50, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
>> Dar all,
>>
>> in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the
>> paragraph below to
>>
>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2
>>
>> to clarify the copyright implications of submitting
>> contributions to org-mode. I hope this helps to avoid
>> problems in the future.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>> By submitting patches to address@hidden, or by pushing changes
>> to the Org-mode repository, you are placing these changes under GPL
>> version 3, with all the implications that has. If at the time you
>> submit or push these changes you have active copyright assignment
>> papers with the FSF, for future changes to either Org-mode or to
>> Emacs, this means that copyright to these changes is automatically
>> transferred to the FSF. The Org-mode repository is seen as upstream
>> repository for Emacs, anything contained in it can potentially end up
>> in Emacs. If you do not have signed papers with the FSF, only changes
>> to files in the contrib/ part of the repository will be accepted, as
>> well as very minor changes (so-called /tiny changes/) to core files.
>> You will be asked to sign FSF papers at the moment we attempt to move
>> a contrib/ file into the Org core, or into Emacs.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Carsten,
>
> above in this document it's told
>
> "For this you need to complete this form, send it to address@hidden, and
> tell the Org-mode maintainer when this process is complete."
>
> Would consider it fair to read after second commata something like
>
> "whereof you will receive the copyright-assignement contract. Tell ..."
Sure, I can say this more explicitly.
Thanks
- Carsten
>
> The assignment contract is very different from the disclaimer visible so far.
>
> Best,
>
> Andreas
>
- [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Carsten Dominik, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Andreas Röhler, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode,
Carsten Dominik <=
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Giovanni Ridolfi, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Carsten Dominik, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Andreas Röhler, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Andreas Röhler, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Bastien, 2013/03/13
- Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode, Carsten Dominik, 2013/03/13