commit: 4c395f6b1071fee86f0d296df0750958e4a5acca Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Sep 21 12:51:46 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun Sep 26 09:03:18 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=4c395f6b
general-concepts/copyright-policy/: new page Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis <AT> gentoo.org> [Delete trailing whitespace.] Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> general-concepts/copyright-policy/text.xml | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ general-concepts/text.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/copyright-policy/text.xml b/general-concepts/copyright-policy/text.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8a488b --- /dev/null +++ b/general-concepts/copyright-policy/text.xml @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<guide self="general-concepts/copyright-policy/"> +<chapter> +<title>Gentoo's copyright policy</title> +<body> + +<p> +<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html";>GLEP-76</uri> defines +copyright and license policies for Gentoo Linux. +</p> + +<p> +Every Gentoo project must abide by the +<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/philosophy/social-contract.html";> +Gentoo Social Contract</uri> and release its work under one or more of +<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html#licensing-of-gentoo-projects";> +predetermined licenses</uri>. Exceptions may be granted by the Gentoo +Foundation per-case basis. +</p> + +</body> + +<section> +<title>Certificate of Origin</title> +<body> + +<p> +Per Gentoo's <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html";>GLEP 76 +(Copyright Policy GLEP)</uri>, you must sign-off all your commits to any +Gentoo-hosted repository with accordance to the +<uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html#certificate-of-origin";> +copyright policy</uri>. +</p> + +<p> +When committing work authored by someone else, e.g. a Bugzilla patch, or GitHub +pull request, a sign-off from the original author is always strongly +recommended, in order to indicate that the author acknowledges Gentoo's +copyright policy. However, it is not mandatory for every case. Please refer to +the example list below when determining whether a sign-off from the original +author is, or is not required. The list below serves as a general guideline. +</p> +</body> + +<subsection> +<title>Examples for general guideline</title> +<body> + +<dl> + <dt>A contribution with a Signed-off-by line by its author</dt> + <dd> + Can be accepted, because the author confirmed that it is under a free + software license. The committer adds another S-o-b line and certifies the + commit under point 4 of the + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html#certificate-of-origin";> + GCO</uri>. + <note> + Use common sense here, especially if you don't know the contributor. If the + contribution was taken from somewhere else and the contributor doesn't have + the right to distribute it under a free software license, you as the + committer might get into trouble. So in this situation, do your best to + check repositories for matching code, and whether they hold any special + copyright claims. + </note> + </dd> + <dt> + A contribution without a S-o-b line and of significant size, but with an + independent indication of its license (e.g. copyright and license notices + in the file's header) + </dt> + <dd> + Can be accepted. The committer adds a S-o-b line and certifies the commit + under GCO point 2. + </dd> + <dt> + A contribution without a S-o-b line but not + <uri link="https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html";> + "legally significant"</uri> (by the FSF's 15-lines rule of thumb) + </dt> + <dd> + Can be accepted. The committer adds a S-o-b line and certifies the commit + under GCO point 2. + </dd> + <dt> + A contribution without a S-o-b line and of significant size, without any + other indication of its license + </dt> + <dd> + Can <e>not</e> be accepted. There's no indication that the author has + released their work under a free license, therefore it must not be + distributed by Gentoo. + </dd> +</dl> +</body> +</subsection> + +</section> +</chapter> +</guide> diff --git a/general-concepts/text.xml b/general-concepts/text.xml index ace731e..dd7a7c2 100644 --- a/general-concepts/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/text.xml @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ writing ebuilds or working with the Gentoo repository. <!-- Keep in alphabetical order --> <include href="autotools/"/> <include href="config-protect/"/> +<include href="copyright-policy/"/> <include href="dependencies/"/> <include href="ebuild-revisions/"/> <include href="emerge-and-ebuild/"/>
