Date: prev next · Thread: first prev next last
2010 Archives by date, by thread · List index 

On 2010-10-31 6:56 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:

Now, without copyright assignment/agreement (granted by the LibreOffice
developers to the Document Foundation), the Document Foundation will be
in the awkward situation I described: it manages a product (LibreOffice)
but cannot represent the LibreOffice developers since it doesn't own the
code.


Why can't TDF just add a simple, one-liner to its license stating that
any contributions automatically grant a co-copyright to TDF? Of course,
this would have to be made crystal clear to any contributors prior to
accepting their code, but I don't see why a specific signed document
would be necessary - I don't have to sign anything for an EULA to be
binding.

-- 

Best regards,

Charles

-- 
Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+help@documentfoundation.org
Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
*** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***

Context

Privacy Policy | Impressum (Legal Info) | Copyright information: Unless otherwise specified, all text and images on this website are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. This does not include the source code of LibreOffice, which is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPLv2). "LibreOffice" and "The Document Foundation" are registered trademarks of their corresponding registered owners or are in actual use as trademarks in one or more countries. Their respective logos and icons are also subject to international copyright laws. Use thereof is explained in our trademark policy.