[OSGeo-Discuss] process for copyright assignment

[Paul Ramsey]

Incidentally, here's a contributor agreement written by Sun and then
Creative Commons licensed for "shared copyright".

http://www.opennms.org/documentation/ContributorAgreement.pdf

P.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Tim Schaub <tschaub at opengeo.org> wrote:
> Hey-
>
> I'm hoping to hear some discussion that results in the creation of
> guidelines for new, pre-incubation projects wishing to assign copyright to
> OSGeo.
>
> Ideally, these guidelines would be as simple as:
>  1) Follow instructions for becoming a "labs" project
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
>  2) Follow instructions on assigning copyright
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Copyright_Assignment
>
> Both of the above pages would require some modification.
>
> I'd suggest a section on the labs page about "becoming a labs project"
> (perhaps as simple as editing that wiki page).
>
> On the copyright page, it would be nice if the preferred template replaced
> the old one and if there were some instruction on what to do with a signed
> agreement (e.g. mail to X).
>
> Does this seem reasonable?
>
> This has been brought up previously ([1], [2]).  Previous suggestions have
> been "don't ask, just assign" and "ask existing project to accept
> governance."  Since the former feels sleazy and the latter assumes some
> existing project is motivated to assist the new project, I'm hoping there
> can be something in between.
>
> Also, since I don't pretend to understand all the implications of assigning
> copyright, I would accept "OSGeo doesn't encourage this" as an answer.
>
> Thanks for any ideas (and I'm happy to help with drafting any guidelines).
>
> Tim
>
>
> [1] http://n2.nabble.com/copyright-question-td2088465.html
> [2] http://n2.nabble.com/Starting-new-projects-under-OSGEO-td2083937.html
>
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