Yes, this has always concerned me and is something I think we need to remedy on any future contributions. We need some kind of declaimer/license agreement that people submitting patches agree to. Then we can be free to make these kinds of changes without contacting a hundred people, or keeping track of each person who makes the smallest code change. For people who make small contributions (a few lines changed here or there) I'm sure they would be willing to hand over their copyright, whereas people who make large contributions should keep them. In a collaborative project like this it seems appropriate to have 5-15 (keeping the number small for manageability) copyright holders (who have made large contributions) who become the committee who decides license issues like this.
Does anyone know if a scheme like this is possible and legal in the US? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Bodewig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Tom Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <IANAL> > > If and when, Nant chooses to migrate to a different license, > > it will have to handle the copyrights of the contributers. > > IANAL either, but what you say is 100% the same that I've seen happen > in similar cases for other projects. > > At least under US law, all OS contributors retain their copyright > unless they've signed a license agreement or something similar. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
