Re: Foundation and Source Code Copyright
On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:06:39 -0400 Luis Villa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] A couple of developers, including myself, have been working on a new capplet for the control center. Since we had been working on it as a group we decided it would be fairest to assign copyright to the foundation rather than any particular individual. You can always jointly own copyright; if you look around CC I'm sure you'll see lots of files that are (c) both jrb and chema, for example. We were aware of this, but since contributions mean that there are often a half a dozen different contributors to one file, we thought it may be easier to assign copyright and then list the contributors as authors. After all, should someone who has made just a small patch really be responsible for the copyright of the whole file, or just the lines they contributed? The opposite question also applies; Should the person who started the work be responsible for the contributions of others which may even unknowingly infringe on other copyrights. I think these were some of the issues we were hoping to avoid in assigning the copyright to a single entity. Obviously we also hoped that assigning the copyright to the foundation would have the advantage that they would be more prepared to defend the copyright should the need ever arise. Regards, Thomas ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Foundation and Source Code Copyright
Hi, During discussions about copyright at GUADEC several people mentioned that developers were not encouraged to assign copyright to the GNOME Foundation. A couple of developers, including myself, have been working on a new capplet for the control center. Since we had been working on it as a group we decided it would be fairest to assign copyright to the foundation rather than any particular individual. Are we to understand that this is not to be advised and if so why? While we have been discussing this issue, we also discovered that many of the source files in control center did not have copyright statements and those that did were probably out of date and did not include the names of all the contributors. Could the foundation advise us on what needs to be done and how we could rectify the situation as quickly as possible. Regards, Thomas ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008
On 24 Mar 2007, at 14:56, Curtis Hovey wrote: [...] Reykjavik is the closest European city to North Americans. It has the largest number of pubs/bars per capita. Lots of hot tubs. It produces more than its fair share of musicians. Faries (magical folk) are protected by law! Brilliant idea! I just got back from Reykjavik and I did wonder what sort of GNOME community (if any) there was around. I'd love an excuse to go back again. I think it is important for Europeans to have a GNOME conference each year though, so I don't think taking GUADEC out of europe would be a good thing. I don't know why we're so ashamed of the E in GUADEC. Perhaps we should re-emphasize that the E means held in Europe. It certainly doesn't mean non-europeans can't attend and it certainly doesn't mean other continents can't hold their own GUADEC style conferences! Regards, Thomas ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
GUADEC 2007
I recently posted to the gnome-uk-list[1] to ask whether there was any interest in hosting GUADEC 2007 in the UK. There was a fairly decent response, with several people definitely willing, and with the resources, to organise an event. I'm now wondering what the process is for selecting the next GUADEC venue, and what we ought to do to formally suggest the UK as a location for GUADEC 2007. Could anyone shed some light on this? -Thomas [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-uk-list/2006-January/msg0.html ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: GUADEC 2007
David Neary wrote: Hi Thomas, Thomas Wood wrote: I recently posted to the gnome-uk-list[1] to ask whether there was any interest in hosting GUADEC 2007 in the UK. There was a fairly decent response, with several people definitely willing, and with the resources, to organise an event. I'm now wondering what the process is for selecting the next GUADEC venue, and what we ought to do to formally suggest the UK as a location for GUADEC 2007. Could anyone shed some light on this? I'll add it to the agenda for the next board meeting. Usually how it works is that someone is asked to get candidatures (Anne Oestergaard's done it for a number of years), and then the board decides on the winning candidate at GUADEC (give or take a fortnight). Is there anything that we might need to prepare for this? How is the final decision made? -Thomas (cc'ing the gnome-uk-list for info) ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
