[Incubator] PyWPS code contribution agreements

[David William Bitner]

You could just assign to OSGeo right now so that you don't have to change
anything later on.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the master branch licence says:
>
> Copyright (C) 2014-2016 PyWPS Development Team, represented by Jachym
> Cepicky
>
> Copyright should currently go to one person - me - in order to make e.g.
> joining of OSGeo easier
>
> J
>
> po 22. 2. 2016 v 15:31 odesílatel Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> napsal:
>
>> Le lundi 22 février 2016 14:23:24, Tom Kralidis a écrit :
>> > Hi all: in PyWPS we are working through code contributor and license
>> policy
>> > as per the project graduation checklist [1].
>> >
>> > The project is moving with [2] as source code header/copyright.
>> >
>> > Given this copyright do we still require specific code contribution
>> > agreements? Guessing yes, but looking for confirmation here.
>>
>> There's the alternative mentionned in
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_FAQ#Q:_Is_a_code_contribution_agreement_required
>> :
>> - either each contributor (or depending on the situation: their employer,
>> or
>> the entity funding the work, etc...) retains his copyright
>> - either they accept to assign copyright to a single entity such as
>> "Copyright
>> (C) 2014-YYYY PyWPS Development Team, represented by
>> PyWPS Project Steering Committee". But I'm not sure if the later would be
>> a
>> valid legal entity that could exercice its rights regarding copyright
>> enforcement.
>>
>> (My personal opinion: for the X/MIT license, there's probably little
>> point in
>> having copyright assignment to a single entity. Makes more sense if you
>> use a
>> copyleft license to reconsider later relicensing to non-copyleft)
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > ..Tom
>> >
>> > [1] https://github.com/geopython/pywps/issues/84#issuecomment-184989790
>> > [2]
>> https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/Templates#source-code-header
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