Hi all, BRM wrote (03-11-10 14:41)
So let's get back to the real issue - the _only_ reason for copyright assignment is to help the organizers of LibreOffice (TDF) with keeping the license current - e.g. moving from LGPLv3 to LGPLv4, etc. If the TDF SC and LibreOffice developers are not concerned about that issue (and from what I have seen in this thread the guidance is already to license as LGPLv3+ for new contributions and there is nothing we, TDF/etc, can do about Sun/Oracle owned code), then there is no reason for copyright assignment, pure and simple. Any kind of other fear mongering to get copyright assignment put in place is unjustified. However, all that doesn't mean it might not be good for TDF to offer developers the choice of copyright assignment without requiring it; something that would also be good to offer the estates of deceased developers when those situations arrive. But that is all - an option should the developer with to exercise it.
Having read all fine explanations, (strong) opinions, I think this is simply the best we can do.
So +1 from my side, Cor -- - giving openoffice.org its foundation :: The Document Foundation - -- 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 ***