Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-29 Thread Ian Kelling
Ian Kelling writes: > it is protected by > GPLv3+ I should have been more specific and said LGPLv3+ :)

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-29 Thread Ian Kelling
ritten > for Guile—e.g., (ice-9 match), sxml-match, etc. The purported advantage > of copyright assignment is described at > <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html>. > > Your unreachable-but-nonetheless-friendly co-maintainers, Andy Wingo and > myself, came to the

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-08 Thread Jean Abou Samra
FYI, it looks like the file HACKING mentions copyright assignment. You probably want to update it.

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-07 Thread Ludovic Courtès
ile-related copyright to the FSF, but the assignment > process can take or is taking a long time or there are some > disagreements with the assignment contract to resolve (which might not > even be possible in the end), so > > (1) first the contributor sends the patches without co

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-07 Thread Maxime Devos
ements with the assignment contract to resolve (which might not even be possible in the end), so (1) first the contributor sends the patches without copyright assignment (2) then they are applied (after review, revisions, etc.) (3) once/if the assignment completes, the copyright

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-06 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Jean Abou Samra writes: > When I did this copyright assignment for Emacs, I recall > that the procedure was a bit demotivating (the person > was very friendly, but when you live in an isolated area > and don't have a printer and you must print the document > to sign it ...).

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-06 Thread Thompson, David
Hi Ludovic and Andy, Great news! Thanks for lowering the barrier to entry for new contributors! - Dave

Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-06 Thread Jean Abou Samra
), sxml-match, etc. The purported advantage of copyright assignment is described at <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html>. Your unreachable-but-nonetheless-friendly co-maintainers, Andy Wingo and myself, came to the conclusion that the cost/benefit ratio of mandatory copyright assi

Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

2022-10-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
copyright assignment is described at <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html>. Your unreachable-but-nonetheless-friendly co-maintainers, Andy Wingo and myself, came to the conclusion that the cost/benefit ratio of mandatory copyright assignment is not good for Guile. Like other projects s

Copyright assignment

2009-03-25 Thread Daniel Kraft
Hi Ludovic and others, I got finally my copyright assignment processed! I will resubmit the patch I posted here some months ago when I find time to do so :) Yours, Daniel