Re: FLA
Chris Schlaeger <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:38:27 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.kde.policies |
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| Organization | SuSE Linux AG |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
You should explain the benefits you see in doing so. In my opinion the KDE Project is _much_ safer with a widely distributed copyright. Assigning all copyrights to a single entity makes us weaker and more prone to an attack than stronger. Chris On Thursday 06 February 2003 00:08, Marc Mutz wrote: > [cc'ing Bernhard Reiter as the FSFE representative I know best in case > questions come up that I can't answer ;-)] > > Hi! > > Ok, I've waited for this to be released publicly: > http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/ > So we now have two ways to "assign copyright" to KDE e.V.: One for the > Copyright model, and one for the Droit d'Auteur model. > > I propose that KDE e.V. releases contracts based on the FSF Copyright > assignment and the FSFE FLA with the purpose of allowing KDE developers > to assign their rights to the KDE e.V. for legal protection and > enforcement of the licenses used, or - failing KDE e.V.'s willingness > to protect KDE developers' code in this way - ask FSF(E) to handle it > for them. > > Thanks for listening, > Marc -- KDE 3.1: Conquer your Enterprise Desktop! http://www.kde.org