On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 21:03 +0000, Caolán McNamara wrote: > As far as I know, GNOME, KDE, Linux kernel and the GIMP along with > masses of the little projects that makes everything work, typically get > along fine without copyright assignment, though some have quirks like > optional copyright assignment.
A basic principle is don't put in any barriers to take up unless they are really, really, really essential. That principle applies to software to end-users AND to developers AND to other volunteers. Even getting access to contribute to the OOo web site was a complicated pain and I gave up on it about 5 or 6 years ago. If we want community volunteers make it as easy as possible to participate, if we want a lot of users of the software make it easy for them to take it up - eg get it on as many future devices as the default as possible. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
