[Incubator] Transfering Code Copyright - restart

[Markus Neteler]

Rich, all,

I am rather sure that this passage:

" 2. License Terms. OSGeo will make the Contributions available under
a license certified by the Open Source Initiative and may also make
the Contributions available under other license terms.
"

from the proposed document will not be accepted by various
GRASS developers (see earlier discussion). The issue is that
this passage (to my understanding) implies that GPL'ed code
can be changes to, say, MIT license.

Probably we need an additional option, stating something like
"... under other license terms not weaker [find better working] than
 the  original license."

or

"... under LGPL [insert limited license list here] license terms ."

I agree that the situation of assignment to a non-legal entity is
a problem, but - without analyzing it in detail - the current suggestion
looks to me to be the same as earlier the year.

best,
Markus

On 9/7/06, rich at richsteele.org <rich at richsteele.org> wrote:
...
> As Jennifer and I have stated, this type of attempted copyright
> assignment doesn't work.  The copyright remains with the original
> creator of the work.  To properly effect an assignment, you'll need
> the copyright holder to sign a written assignment document.
>
...

> It isn't complex at all if that is what you want to do.  A form of
> copyright assignment is attached.  Sign away!

...
> > Once they have such a template letter, they can get people to start
> > printing them, signing them, and mailing them to OSGeo for storage
> > somewhere.
>
> Ah yes, "mailing them to OSGeo".  Do we have a PO box and an admin yet? :)
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