[QGIS-Developer] License discussion (Was iOS prototyping)

[Marco Bernasocchi]

Thanks Nyall for the nice inputs.

I put an agenda item on the next PSC meeting to see what PSC thinks.

Cheers

Marco

On 29.10.18 23:44, Nyall Dawson wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 01:10, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
>> Hi Nyall, all
>>
>>
>> Il 10/28/2018 10:31 PM, Nyall Dawson ha scritto:
>>> I see this "stuck with the GPLv2 license FOREVER AND EVER" as a
>>> potential risk to the project. There's many other open source licenses
>>> to choose from, including some which MAY be much better to suited for
>>> the project. But I feel confident that with the right approach,
>>> careful wording, and legal fine print we could, at this stage of the
>>> project, get agreement from all current contributors to a copyright
>>> transfer agreement. So I'd like us to at least have a nice discussion
>>> about whether this is a good idea or not.
>>>
>> I think this is such a strategic, and potentially divisive, issue that
>> it would be better to discuss it in person. I suggest to schedule ti for
>> the next HF.
> Ideally I'd agree with the sentiment here, but a large number of our
> developers can't attend these hackfests. (And as witnessed by the bug
> tracker discussion this leads to lack of ownership of a decision by
> those not in attendance).
>
> Maybe something like this would be a possible approach:
>
> 1. PSC discuss whether this is something they want to pursue as an
> organisation or not. If not, end of discussion.
> 2. Create a QEP page for central discussion on the point. Advertisie
> initially on mailing lists.
> 3. When enough discussion (and hopefully, consensus) has been reached
> on a possible approach, send a link to the QEP discussion to all known
> contributors for wider feedback. If no consensus, end of discussion.
> 4. If there is general approval amongst contributors  AND is appears
> to be possible to advance then PSC/org get legal advise before
> proceeding. If not legally possible, end of discussion.
> 5. Formalise the proposal into some legally binding agreement
> 6. Get voting members to vote on proposal (maybe 5/6 would be
> flipped?). If vote is declined, end of discussion.
> 7. Get existing contributors to sign the agreement.
> (8. Replace existing code from any non-signing contributors)
> 9. Put process in place for new contributors to agree to agreement
> before contributions are allowed.
>
> I realise that this is a long and potentially difficult path, but many
> other projects have successfully navigated it. And I think we should
> at least explore it, if for no other reason then to know if we never
> need to have this discussion again :)
>
> Nyall
>
>
>> Thanks Nyall for the suggestion.
>>
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