Re: First draft of application to Sovereign Tech Fund

Christoph GrĂ¼ninger <[email protected]> Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:34:12 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general,gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Karl,
thanks for your suggestions, I applied all of them

> Maybe here, or somewhere, I wonder about inserting:
> 
>    Since the Free Software Foundation holds the sole copyright on GNU
>    Automake, it will be necessary for any significant contributor,
>    whether individual or corporate, to sign a disclaimer or assignment of
>    copyright before contributions can be accepted.  Please confirm that
>    this is acceptable.
> 
> I still worry that this is going to be a stopper. Or at least a big
> delayer. The last thing I want is for us to go through this whole
> process and then neighborhoodie "can't" sign the assignment. Or for them
> to start posting changes but I can't install them because the assignment
> hasn't happened.

I added your paragraph to the section "Describe why your project needs 
those services?"
Your are right, this might be a problem. We will see how this turns out.

Can I submit the application?

Kind regards,
Christoph