Re: better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
Wait a second, when making a Wikipedia editing contribution we just click on a box below some licence statement. Why can't you guys use that method? Because you don't get nice stickers that way. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
[ bug-coreutils moved to BCC, this subject is off-topic for that list ] On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:22 AM, wrote: >> "EB" == Eric Blake writes: > > EB> According to jida...@jidanni.org on 12/18/2008 9:55 PM: >>> Wait a second, when making a Wikipedia editing contribution we just >>> click on a box below some licence statement. Why can't you guys use >>> that method? The point of the existing method is that it needs to be watertight. The FSF needs to have clear standing as the copyright holder, because it needs to protect projects from abuse of the GPL. See for example the efforts the FSF has made to get several companies into compliance with the GPL. Sadly this sometimes involves ending up in court, and the FSF needs to be able to prove that it really is the copyright holder. Once "some person clicked a web form, we have the web server logs somewhere" becomes legally admissible as proof of copyright assignment in all the venues in which the FSF is likely to find itself in court, then a web form will be the way to go. Until then, the cumbersome nature of the current process is just another part of the price in work that volunteers pay to make Free Software available to everyone, and make sure that it stays available to everyone. > EB> Why are you asking us, when we can't do anything to change the situation? > EB> You should be asking the FSF licensing list: > EB> ass...@gnu.org > EB> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Papers > > Hmm, odd English there: "per". Hmm, kind of long. Anyway OK, CC'ing > them to please mention in that document if "click through" agreements > are useful at all. Well, this subject is off-topic for bug-coreutils, so there is no point in CC'ing that list. > > Anyway, good thing my contributions are always only few-liners. FWIW, what counts is your *cumulative* contribution, not the individual size of each. James. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
> "EB" == Eric Blake writes: EB> According to jida...@jidanni.org on 12/18/2008 9:55 PM: >> Wait a second, when making a Wikipedia editing contribution we just >> click on a box below some licence statement. Why can't you guys use >> that method? EB> Why are you asking us, when we can't do anything to change the situation? EB> You should be asking the FSF licensing list: EB> ass...@gnu.org EB> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Papers Hmm, odd English there: "per". Hmm, kind of long. Anyway OK, CC'ing them to please mention in that document if "click through" agreements are useful at all. Anyway, good thing my contributions are always only few-liners. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to jida...@jidanni.org on 12/18/2008 9:55 PM: > Wait a second, when making a Wikipedia editing contribution we just > click on a box below some licence statement. Why can't you guys use > that method? Why are you asking us, when we can't do anything to change the situation? You should be asking the FSF licensing list: ass...@gnu.org http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Copyright-Papers - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklLKiQACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAXgQCgroRHxhWSDAz28PU2eR+SuxWk 8fUAnigE6CICWuXxqlNNz1wY1uKzBNYW =q+7z -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
Wait a second, when making a Wikipedia editing contribution we just click on a box below some licence statement. Why can't you guys use that method? ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
better figure out a paperless copyright assignment method
Copyright assignment ...of an actual sheet of paper... Sorry, I'm on a non-USA Pacific island mountaintop with no paper business... anyway, got pictures of RMS and me on my website, so he'll have to vouch for me. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
