Justus Winter <4win...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> skribis: > Quoting Ludovic Courtès (2016-03-04 13:49:09) >> Justus Winter <4win...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> skribis: >> >> > I have learned that not all GNU projects require this. For example, >> > GnuPG uses DCO [0], and Guix doesn't even seem to require that. >> > >> > Maybe we can change this policy for Hurd, GNU Mach, and MIG too? >> >> I general, we “cannot” (i.e., are invited not to) change GNU packages >> from requiring-assignment to no-assignment policy (although I guess >> GnuPG did exactly that…). > > So one can do that.
Everything can be done, but ultimately it’s a matter of reaching consensus. > I see it as an barrier for contributing. Right, but whether it’s a good idea depends on a number of other factors. For Guix, copyright assignment would have been a hindrance IMO, but what’s at stake is different than for libc or GCC, for instance. >> Hopefully paperwork is fast enough these days anyway. > > I don't know how it is nowadays (maybe someone can enlighten us?), but > when I did that like three years ago the process took weeks and > required quite a bit of nagging. Use of PDFs has helped a bit: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html as well as digital signatures in some cases: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-to-begin-accepting-gpg-signed-assignments-from-the-u-s https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-to-begin-accepting-gpg-signatures-for-copyright-assignments-from-italy Ludo’.
