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Re: Do you recognize these modules?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Do you recognize these modules? |
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Mon, 14 May 2012 16:12:11 +0200 |
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Noah Lavine <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Luckily, I haven't actually started the rewrite, because I also have
>>> limited time to work on this. So I'm very glad to hear that you're
>>> interested in transfering them. If you are the only author of the
>>> pieces, then I think the transfer is simple - you put the FSF
>>> copyright notice at the top, and you're done.
>>
>> Uh no. You can't just assign copyright to somebody without asking them,
>> much like you can't just assign parentship to somebody without asking
>> them.
>
> Yes, this was specific to this situation, because I thought that he
> had already signed a copyright assignment form. I don't mean this as a
> general statement of when you can make changes to Guile.
>
>> Since Thien-Thi Nguyen assigned copyright to GOOPS and general changes
>> to future changes to GUILE to the FSF in 2000 already, it is more or
>> less a matter of him checking in the changes or otherwise contributing
>> them in a manner making clear that the contribution is intentional.
>> Matching copyright headers are obviously a good indicator for that.
>
> Ah, so he would have to either check them in himself or send them as
> patches to the list, correct? (In addition to the assignment.)
The assignment is the formal part. The rest is just a matter of making
sure that "but I never intended you to take _that_" does not come up.
So it is always safer if a contributor _gives_ stuff himself (or
designates them) rather than if someone else _takes_ it from him on the
assumption that this was intended to be taken.
Like if you have a contract for buying a horse. If you take it from the
barn and later the owner says "You took the halter! I did not sell the
halter!" that's a worse situation to be in rather than if he handed you
the horse including halter, even though the halter is not in the
contract.
Frankly, in the given situation I should be rather surprised if there
was potential for misunderstandings. It does look like both the intent
to contribute as well as the compass of the contribution are quite
well-understood.
--
David Kastrup
- Do you recognize these modules?, Noah Lavine, 2012/05/01
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Ludovic Courtès, 2012/05/14
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2012/05/14
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Noah Lavine, 2012/05/14
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Andy Wingo, 2012/05/15
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2012/05/25
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Andy Wingo, 2012/05/25
- Re: Do you recognize these modules?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2012/05/25