Will the s-o-b enforcement mechanism insist on GPL or will it also allow "compatible" or partially compatible submissions such as LGPL (like the original HAL) or totally unrestricted code (perhaps BSD)?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Epler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Emc-developers] Formally implementing > "Signed-off-by" / Developer Certificate of Origin > > A problem that has arisen several times in the history of LinuxCNC is > that a well-meaning developer contributes to the software, but their > additions are not explicitly licensed. If they have moved on to other > projects by the time someone realizes this, it can be difficult to get > their permission later simply because of their disinterest. If they > have added new files or added code in files without a license block, > this problem is compounded. <snip> > I also believe that we should implement a pre-receive or update hook > that checks for s-o-b headers and rejects any push that doesn't have > them; I have a partially implemented script for that, but it's not > debugged yet. Otherwise, un-s-o-b'd code will inevitably creep in by > the actions of well-meaning developers. > > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
