Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Carsten Dominik
On 13 mrt. 2013, at 13:35, Andreas Röhler wrote: > Am 13.03.2013 13:10, schrieb Bastien: >> Andreas Röhler writes: >> >>> Or maybe drop that sentence. >> >> Nope: the whole purpose of clarifying is to make it clear what are >> the licensing terms, when the assignement is needed, and what are

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Andreas, there is nothing to argue here. Patches sent against files in Org's core are like patches sent against GNU Emacs files. The submitter needs to agree to have it licensed under the same condition than for GNU Emacs, and needs to assign his copyright before they can be integrated. If y

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Andreas Röhler
Am 13.03.2013 13:10, schrieb Bastien: Andreas Röhler writes: Or maybe drop that sentence. Nope: the whole purpose of clarifying is to make it clear what are the licensing terms, when the assignement is needed, and what are the consequences of assigning the copyright. We should be short but

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Bastien
Andreas Röhler writes: > Or maybe drop that sentence. Nope: the whole purpose of clarifying is to make it clear what are the licensing terms, when the assignement is needed, and what are the consequences of assigning the copyright. We should be short but exhaustive here. The idea is to make

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Andreas Röhler
Am 13.03.2013 12:50, schrieb Bastien: Hi Carsten, Carsten Dominik writes: I will write GLPv3 or later and not specify this further, OK? I'd state it like this: "... you are placing this changes under the same licensing terms than those under which GNU Emacs is published: ;; GNU E

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Carsten, Carsten Dominik writes: > I will write GLPv3 or later and not specify this further, OK? I'd state it like this: "... you are placing this changes under the same licensing terms than those under which GNU Emacs is published: ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribu

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Carsten Dominik
On 13 mrt. 2013, at 12:12, Andreas Röhler wrote: > Am 13.03.2013 11:50, schrieb Carsten Dominik: >> Dar all, >> >> in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the >> paragraph below to >> >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 >> >> to clarify the copyright implicat

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Carsten Dominik
On 13 mrt. 2013, at 12:13, Giovanni Ridolfi wrote: > > > Da: Carsten Dominik > >> Inviato: Mercoledì 13 Marzo 2013 11:50 > > Hi, Carsten, >> you are placing these changes > >> under GPL version 3, > >> with > > > shouldn't it be: > "you are placing these changes > > under either

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Giovanni Ridolfi
 Da: Carsten Dominik >Inviato: Mercoledì 13 Marzo 2013 11:50 Hi, Carsten, > you are placing these changes > under GPL version 3, > with shouldn't it be:  "you are placing these changes under either version 3 of the GPL, or (at your option) any later version, with " or my versio

Re: [O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Andreas Röhler
Am 13.03.2013 11:50, schrieb Carsten Dominik: Dar all, in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the paragraph below to http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 to clarify the copyright implications of submitting contributions to org-mode. I hope this helps to avoid p

[O] Copyright of contributions to org-mode

2013-03-13 Thread Carsten Dominik
Dar all, in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the paragraph below to http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 to clarify the copyright implications of submitting contributions to org-mode. I hope this helps to avoid problems in the future. Regards - Carsten By su