[GRASS-user] GNU GPL version 3 and Grass code

[nicholas.g.lawrence at mainroads.qld.gov.au]

grassuser-bounces at grass.itc.it wrote on 29/06/2007 02:11:53 AM:

> Patton, Eric wrote:
> >> With the GNU GPL version 3 scheduled to be released tomorrow, arethere
any
> >> plans on adopting this license for Grass?

> >Eric,

> >Has it been approved by OSI yet?  OSGeo has taken the position that
project
> >code will only be released under OSI approved licenses, and so I think
> >project adoption of GPL3 should wait for that process to be completed
> >by OSI.

> >I asked OSI (via one director) about it a few months ago and they hadn't
> >started any serious review at that time.

> Best regards,
> --

> >From what I can see on the OSI site, they haven't approved GPL3
> yet, but that's not surprising given it hasn't been officially
> released yet. It might be something worth keeping on eye on if it's
> the intention of the developers to adopt GPL3 at some point.

> ~ Eric.

Is copyright on GRASS code held by individual authors?

Or is the copyright transferred to the GRASS project itself
when code is submitted?

Or, to put it another way, does adopting a different liscence
require the concent of every single contributor, or merely
a decision by the project steering committee?

nick


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