Incidentally, here's a contributor agreement written by Sun and then Creative Commons licensed for "shared copyright".
http://www.opennms.org/documentation/ContributorAgreement.pdf P. On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Tim Schaub <tsch...@opengeo.org> wrote: > Hey- > > I'm hoping to hear some discussion that results in the creation of > guidelines for new, pre-incubation projects wishing to assign copyright to > OSGeo. > > Ideally, these guidelines would be as simple as: > 1) Follow instructions for becoming a "labs" project > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs > 2) Follow instructions on assigning copyright > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Copyright_Assignment > > Both of the above pages would require some modification. > > I'd suggest a section on the labs page about "becoming a labs project" > (perhaps as simple as editing that wiki page). > > On the copyright page, it would be nice if the preferred template replaced > the old one and if there were some instruction on what to do with a signed > agreement (e.g. mail to X). > > Does this seem reasonable? > > This has been brought up previously ([1], [2]). Previous suggestions have > been "don't ask, just assign" and "ask existing project to accept > governance." Since the former feels sleazy and the latter assumes some > existing project is motivated to assist the new project, I'm hoping there > can be something in between. > > Also, since I don't pretend to understand all the implications of assigning > copyright, I would accept "OSGeo doesn't encourage this" as an answer. > > Thanks for any ideas (and I'm happy to help with drafting any guidelines). > > Tim > > > [1] http://n2.nabble.com/copyright-question-td2088465.html > [2] http://n2.nabble.com/Starting-new-projects-under-OSGEO-td2083937.html > > -- > Tim Schaub > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss