[GRASSLIST:271] Re: OSGeo Incubation IRC chat: in 30 minutes from now

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

the minutes of the IRC meeting have been posted:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/IncCom_Meeting2#Minutes

Three interesting items for the discussion here, concerning the
Contributor Agreement:
- "Eric Raymond presented his reasons why contribution agreements are
   harmful, and there was extensive discussion on the point."
- "Daniel Brookshier moved to drop the requirement for a CLA for foundation
   projects. Seconded by Chris Holmes. With the understanding that individual
   projects can still use the CLA, the motion was carried without any
   objections."
- "Eric Raymond took an action item to draft a statement for OSGeo on CLAs
   and policy with respect to third-party IP rights and remediation thereof
   for review by Rich, and the board."

(... yes, *the* Eric Raymond, it is good to see really experienced people 
interested in this discussions.)

I assume that the second point will help with regard to the possibility
of relicensing of GRASS to MIT/X11 as discussed earlier.

Markus

On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 07:29:19PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> for those being interested to participage in
> the #osgeo IRC chat about project incubation,
> please participate. The laywer will be online
> as well.
> 
> To learn IRC, some notes here:
> http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/HowToIRC
> 
> To connect to the channel:
> irc://irc.freenode.net/osgeo
> 
> Contributor Agreement etc can be discussed there.
> 
> See announcement here:
> https://incubator.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=incubator&msgNo=74
> 
> The meeting is at 2:00pm EST (GMT+5) or
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=20&year=2006&hour=11&min=0&sec=0&p1=137
> 
> Markus
>