On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org> wrote: > I have made this grant known to The Document Foundation and the > LibreOffice project. The TDF notification appears at > <http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg09424.html>. > > If any use of my contributions to LibreOffice by Apache Projects is > questioned, you can cite this grant if applicable. >
Hi Dennis, You've sent several notes explaining your intent, in different language, with varying explanations and amplifications. Maybe it would help if we had a wiki page for such things and then link to whatever statement you consider to be definitive? Then we can easily find it if it becomes relevant. We could use the same page to collect any other similar statements from others. Regards, -Rob > Likewise, before someone on AOO becomes too exercised on seeing any > Apache OpenOffice contribution of mine used by the LibreOffice > project, please have them be aware of the grant I have made > here on the AOO dev list. > > I will also provide this information on a web site of mine where it > may be easier to consult and reference. > > - Dennis > > PS: One difference. I replaced "recipients," below, with "parties > obtaining" in the ASF Contributions grant. I don't want to > churn these, but I will make that update to the LibO one also if > anyone finds it preferable (and more clear). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:orc...@apache.org] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 19:48 > To: LOffice Developers List (libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org) > Cc: 'disc...@documentfoundation.org' > Subject: Grant of License > > This grant does not specify any particular open-source license. > > My intention is to not limit in any way the licensing of works > that my contributions are incorporated in. The license is self- > contained for that reason. There is no conflict with how > LibreOffice releases are licensed and there is nothing that has > to be done about the presence of my contributions or derivatives > thereof. > > It is also my intention that everyone having access to my > contributions to LibreOffice where they are so contributed be > be granted the license whether or not the contribution is accepted > into LibreOffice and wherever those recipients might choose > to rely on its provisions. > > The license makes no stipulations one way or the other concerning > works of mine that are not contributions to LibreOffice. The > license does not transfer copyright nor does it assign patents. > > - Dennis > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > GrantTDF 1.00 UTF-8 dh:2013-03-07 > > GRANT OF LICENSE > > All of my past and future contributions to LibreOffice are > with the following stipulations: > > 1. I hereby grant to all recipients of my LibreOffice > contributions a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no- > charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to > reproduce, combine, prepare derivative works of, publicly > display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the > contributions and such derivative works. > > 2. I hereby grant to all recipients of my LibreOffice > contributions a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, > no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license > to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, > and otherwise transfer works employing my contributions > or derivatives thereof, with such license applying > only to those claims controlled by myself, now or in > the future, that are necessarily infringed due to > characteristics of my LibreOffice contributions > and such of those that survive in derivatives. > > I represent that I am legally entitled to grant the above > licenses. > > March 7, 2013 > > Dennis E. Hamilton > 4401 44th Ave SW > Seattle, WA 98116 USA > > orc...@apache.org > PGP Fingerprint > 169F 4BC4 3C47 18B2 7062 E04C B011 4B87 2E94 D8E4 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJROVBzAAoJELARS4culNjkfR0H/i/U9lv0jYy8XD/BD4JaFD49 > r8ixUNb1FcNxe4ICGaz/2e53doc0wPPgVUyzpB/+nURgObDBBE8eK96RqZ+zt22N > yOpxlynRPBxkjfqtw/kaG+v9concl7khghsyZVyieIFOwhMGpMNiZ2tJFDMnKKgW > /s3bva+1lsGTUNBJOoNLXyP9iQUWNLFByI15vUshL4aqLsHmdT25gkmDggWQR//h > NHH07nJA7mRDY2DotX3IwZrUinyM0rmWpKshF3GTQ+/beuTu2ZBPYFmG3GH4Bx9X > UISQoGOKLI1NwtEGkzaao2tYC4QSV7vGXqQDg+A9DMEJ1LFis3iL5wKXUuOJknI= > =KW4c > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
