[mapguide-internals] PSC: Contributor Agreements

[Trevor Wekel]

Hi Bob,
 
The bottom half of "3. Grant of Patent License" with regards to
litigation is a bit confusing.  Does it mean the suing entity's license
granted under OsGeo is revoked, or that the OsGeo license to the
contributed work is revoked?
 
Thanks,
Trevor

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[mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Bray
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:56 PM
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Subject: [mapguide-internals] PSC: Contributor Agreements


One of the final things we need to do for graduation is deal with code
contribution. The legal team here strongly recommends the use of a
Contribution Agreement to protect both the foundation and the
developers. All developers with commit access would need to sign the
Contributor Agreement form and send/fax it to OSGeo before commit access
could be granted/continued. A fairly good FAQ on contribution agreements
can be found here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Contributor_Agreement. 

The proposed contributor agreement can be found here:
http://mapguide.osgeo.org/files/Individual%20Contributor%20Agreement.pdf
.
<http://mapguide.osgeo.org/files/Individual%20Contributor%20Agreement.pd
f>  This agreement was originally put together by Rich Steele and was
recently vetted again by our legal team.

Please read both over and let me know what you think. This is another
item I would like to bring to motion this week.

Bob


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