Hello, As you know, I have transferred the copyrights to the Bacula source code that were held in my name to the Free Software Foundation Europe. However, there are a few remaining adminstration items. Probably the most important is for the FSFE to have on hand signed copyright assignment from all current and past developers and submitters (i.e. doc, scripts, ...). Many of you have been with Bacula a long time or have submitted various code pieces in a number of small quanties, and I have never asked you to submit a copyright assignment.
Just to make 100% certain that Bacula source code remains open and free forever, I am requesting *all* people who have contributed to Bacula, particularly developers with CVS access, to print out the document at: www.bacula.org/FLA-bacula.en.pdf fill the information about you, indicate the part you have worked on or simply the "Bacula.org project", sign it, and send it to FSFE in Zurich. The instructions for this are on the first page. The advantages of this are that you then add one more piece to ensuring that the source code remains free, and you also obtain the right to re-use the code you previously submitted, and you also do me a big favor and reduce my adminstrative workload because without the signed agreement, I will start contacting each of you personally sometime beginning next year. Basically if more than 10 lines of code you have submitted (or the equivalent) are in the Bacula source code or documentation, you should submit a copyright assignment. If you or your employer has filled out the old copyright transfer and sent me a hard copy, that is sufficient. However, if you wish, there is no harm in signing the new agreement. I would consider it a very nice Christmas present to me and to all the current and future Bacula users if a good number of you would do this before the end of the year. I apologize for having to request this kind of administrative tasks, but given all the recent news about copyright, IP, etc violations lately, it is a small price to pay ... Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
