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

Il 02/11/2010 13.12, Thorsten Behrens ha scritto:

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> I respect your opinion - alas, I have a different one. For your
> specific example, if someone submits code to LibO, stating in her
> mail "I license this under LGPLv3+ / MPL", and that later turns out
> to be false pretense, that gives you about as much leverage against
> the contributor as if she signs extra documents (at least for all
> practical matters.
> Sure, you can include huge damages in that legal
> document - but would have to extract it, from a potential
> independent contributor, in the first place). Sueing your
> contributor, in any way, is most likely the lesser of your worries
> in such cases... ;)

I understand that the first need and worry of the new project is to 
attract new developers.

Firstly, survive. Then, think how do you succeeded in doing so.

It's a Law of Nature. :)

> > Of course, distributors *can* risk if they want.
> And they do. Large portions of the typical Linux stack are developed
> in this, or comparable, ways.

I know it works.

However, what it works it isn't always the best *legal* solution.

If this is the chosen approach to contributions, well, I hope it'll work 
once again. :)

Regards,

Gianluca
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Gianluca Turconi

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