On 15/01/2020 01:19, Joel Sherrill wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 5:48 PM Daniel Pocock <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> On 15/01/2020 00:42, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > This will create a lot of paperwork which puts GNU project
> maintainers in a
> > very bad position. In practice, ....
> this is the sad reality of an organization where volunteers have not
> been registered as equal members with equal votes in the corporate
> entity, FSF, Inc
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> You are missing the point entirely. This is not about representation or
> voting,
> this is about the burden of daily activities.
I agree those issues are important and burdensome for the project
maintainers.
Nonetheless, contributors have a right to decide who owns the
intellectual property.
The decision of the contributor/developer comes first as they are the
one contributing their time and skill without any payment whatsoever.
Everything else has to be secondary to that.
Regards,
Daniel
