Hello Christophe, Le Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:28:43 +0100, Christophe Strobbe <christophe.stro...@esat.kuleuven.be> a écrit :
> Hi, > > I have a question about licences and copyright. As many of you know, > contributing code to the core of OpenOffice.org requires that one > signs the Oracle Contributor Agreement [1] (which is identical to the > Sun Contributor Agreement). Extensions are exempt from this [2]. So, IANAL, I'm not Oracle, this is not a TDF official statement, don't put your cat in the microwave, etc, etc.... > > 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice and the > contribution is accepted. Is it then still acceptable (from a > copyright point of view) to sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement and > submit the same code to OpenOffice.org? Yes. > > 2. Conversely, if I sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement and submit > code (and it gets accepted, otherwise the copyright reverts to me), > can I then still submit the same code to LibreOffice or would that > cause problems for LibreOffice (because Oracle now shares copyright > of the code I submitted)? Yes. Actually that's what we do when we "pull" the OOo codebase over to us. > 2.b. Can I contribute the code to LibreOffice while the acceptance of > my patch to OpenOffice.org is still pending? Yes. Best, Charles. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
