On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Am Dienstag, 12. März 2013, 00:12:43 schrieb Rich Freeman: >> So, clarification now that I'm back at a keyboard... >> >> DCO is mandatory, and is simply a declaration that the committer has >> checked and the new code is distributed under the license chosen for >> the project (see original email for details, but generally >> GPL/BSD/etc). The Linux kernel is the main model for this. Since >> Gentoo is not always being assigned copyright we need to have a clear >> declaration that the code is available under a suitable free license >> so that we can further distribute it.
If you read earlier in the thread, you will see an example of a DCO. My naive understanding is that a DCO helps shore up the legal defense the foundation may have when inevitable violations occur. A DCO is mentioned in step 12: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches#l298 >> >> FLA is optional, and is essentially a copyright assignment (or >> reasonable facsimile in certain jurisdictions designed by the FSFe). >> KDE is the main model for this. > > Which obviously means, now if everyone signs a KDE with GPL'ed key and sends > it with SPF to TGF (The Gentoo Foundation), everything is IPO. (In Perfect > Order.) http://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement > > Seriously, could you repeat this for laymen and non-americans? Hey it all makes sense for us Americas, its you Europeans that make stuff all complex :) > > -- > > Andreas K. Huettel > Gentoo Linux developer > dilfri...@gentoo.org > http://www.akhuettel.de/ >
