Oracle's agreement addresses the contributor as either programmer or company, which is a plus. I also find it easier to follow.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Chad Perrin <c...@apotheon.net> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:44:26PM -0500, Richard Hipp wrote: >> > >> > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/artifact/17a59e2687887 - Or this? >> >> I have two comments about this, at this time: >> >> This agreement applies only to any software, documentation, scripts, >> of other content that has been deliberately uploaded to the public >> distribution of Fossil found at http://www.fossil-scm.org/. >> >> A. That should probably say "or other content" rather than "of other >> content". >> >> B. You might want to specify that the upload in question has been made by >> the Programmer, or in explicit service of the agreement, so that the >> agreement cannot be construed to mean that Hwaci or some third party has >> found some code of Programmer's unbeknownst to Programmer and uploaded it >> without permission or knowledge of Programmer. >> >> I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. Point B here is just a >> change that would make *me* feel a lot better if I was in the position of >> considering a contribution to Fossil at this time. >> > > Another reader suggested through a side-channel that I adapt the language > here: > > http://oss.oracle.com/oca.pdf > > >> >> -- >> >> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> >> > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >
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