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This page used to talk about why we did optional copyright assignment to the FSF. However, that policy has changed and the FSF has decided that for now, it is not comfortable with optional copyright assignment... it's all or nothing. So for now, it's nothing. :) |
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==Chris Webber on "Why copyright assignment?":== |
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Rest assured that if you made a copyright assignment, you'll get a contributor drawing. In fact, I'll be widening the scope of contributor drawings... more on that soon. |
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GNU MediaGoblin is a GNU project with non-mandatory but heavily |
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encouraged copyright assignment to the FSF. Most, if not all, of |
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the core contributors to GNU MediaGoblin will have done a |
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copyright assignment, but unlike some other GNU projects, it isn't |
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required here. We think this is the best choice for GNU |
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MediaGoblin: it ensures that the Free Software Foundation may |
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protect the software by enforcing the AGPL if the FSF sees fit, |
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but it also means that we can immediately merge in changes from a |
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new contributor. It also means that some significant non-FSF |
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contributors might also be able to enforce the AGPL if seen fit. |
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- Chris Webber |
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Again, assignment is not mandatory, but it is heavily encouraged, |
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even incentivized: Significant contributors who do a copyright |
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assignment to the FSF are eligible to have a unique goblin drawing |
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produced for them by the project's main founder, Christopher Allan |
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Webber.<ref> [[contributing-howto]]</ref> |
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<!-- Left this here 'cause not sure if how you want it done... See :ref:`contributing-howto-chapter` for details.--> |
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[[Category:DesignDecisions]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 19 October 2011
This page used to talk about why we did optional copyright assignment to the FSF. However, that policy has changed and the FSF has decided that for now, it is not comfortable with optional copyright assignment... it's all or nothing. So for now, it's nothing. :)
Rest assured that if you made a copyright assignment, you'll get a contributor drawing. In fact, I'll be widening the scope of contributor drawings... more on that soon.
- Chris Webber