Hi! > On 28 Feb 2017, at 10:11, Agner Fog <ag...@agner.org> wrote: > > Mirko Boehm wrote: >> I cannot speak for FSFE, but I think the setup can be made simpler: Anybody >> can donate to FSFE. Just ask them to provide proof of the donation, and then >> you give them a license. This way you don’t need any kind of organisation, >> and no arrangement for handling money. > Yes, but the FSF or FSFE still has to endorse such a scheme because the > donors will ask all kind of questions about license conditions, pro forma > invoices, and other technicalities.
FSFE hands out donation receipts. You can say “I will issue a proprietary license if you deliver a donation receipt from FSFE”. The donation receipt is sufficient for the accounting of the donor. That is what I meant when I tried to explain to use a setup that does not connect the donation to the license. The details are of course up to you. > A scheme with selling proprietary license requires a unification of the > copyright. Who should own the copyright, me, FSF, or all contributors? I > would prefer to avoid such problems by making donation voluntary. If you issue the proprietary licenses, *you* need to have permission to do so. Either the contributors assign that right to you (by granting you a license, for example) or somebody else (FSF(E)) can be the copyright fiduciary but would still have to grant you that right. The author remains the copyright owner, in most cases. > Is it common to assign the copyright to FSF, even when FSF has nothing to do > with the project? I can see the advantage of unifying the copyright, but also > administrative burdens on FSF, and potentials for abuse. I would not think this makes sense in such a scenario. If FSF denies you the right to hand out proprietary licenses, then what? Cheers, Mirko. -- Mirko Boehm | mi...@kde.org | KDE e.V. FSFE Fellow, FSFE Team Germany Qt Certified Specialist Request a meeting: https://doodle.com/mirkoboehm
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