On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:12 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. >> >> 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.) > > Seriously, could you repeat this for laymen and non-americans?
Well, the full description is in the original email, but: DCO = Developer Certificate of Origin. For an example see [1] starting at line 309. This is just a declaration that the authorship/license/etc is accurate/compatible/etc. As mentioned previously, signing this is mandatory, and we'll try to streamline it as is done on other projects like Linux (again, see [1]). GPL = GNU Public License GNU = GNU's Not Unix BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution License Linux = A little-known OS kernel Gentoo = An OS distribution you might have heard of FLA = Fiduciary License Agreement. This is essentially similar to a copyright assignment, but it is designed to be legal in jurisdictions that do not permit copyright assignment (such as Germany). For an example see [2]. As mentioned, signing this is optional, and it would be signed electronically as well. KDE = K Desktop Environment. K = See [3], or better still the unabridged OED. OED = Oxford English Dictionary. Before there was emerge --quiet-build n there was the OED. But yes, you can be forgiven for not caring about much of this stuff. :) Rich 1 - http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2 - http://ev.kde.org/rules/fla.php 3 - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/K
