Re: [tdf-discuss] Copyright Assignments & the Document Foundation

[BRM <bm_witness@yahoo.com>]

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> From: Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl>
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 2:22:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Copyright Assignments & the Document Foundation
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> BRM wrote (29-10-10 00:41)
> > 
> >> From: Thorsten  Behrens<thb@documentfoundation.org>
> >> 
> >> BRM wrote:
> >>> The Linux Kernel guys don't require it;  KDE E.v. does. Both  methods have
> >>> their pros and  cons.
> >> 
> >> Hi, just a very small  correction here - KDE  e.V. does not require
> >> it, it is optional to sign their  FLA (a  trait shared among other
> >> FLOSS projects, e.g. the Python  Foundation  acts similarly).
> > 
> > Thank you for the correction.  I thought they did from what I had read a 
>while
> > back.
> > Yet  another method to accomplish the same goal.
> 
> What would be the use of  people giving the option to share a CA or not. Just 
>the fact that, in case for  e.g. a licence update, you only have to contact x% 
>of the  contributors?

It certainly reduces the burden. Otherwise you have to contact 100% of 
contributors, not all of which may be easy to find if at all.

Ben


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