Contribution licensing
Daniel Vainsencher
danielv at tx.technion.ac.il
Tue Mar 20 08:33:04 UTC 2007
Craig Latta replied to Ron:
>> We should be getting and following real legal advice not guessing...
>>
>
> That's what we're doing. I'm in contact with Viewpoints' legal
> counsel, via Kim Rose, and with counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center.
>
Ok - so one of those two has seen the actual contribution form that was
sent, and the rest of the detailed plan, and confirmed it has the legal
effect we are after? I ask because as a layman I had the following
uncertainties about it:
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A couple of comments about the agreement in case you send out more in
the future:
1. It is not very explicit about what contributions I agree to license
under the MIT license. Those in a released squeak-dev image? those ever
released in any kind of public image? those ever sent to the mailing list?
2. In the same vein, it does not specify which contributions in a
temporal sense: only past contributions? all future contributions? the
text suggests to me that past contributions are meant, but this is
implicit. If so, the text should include either a particular date or
allow me to enter one.
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Have these been considered by the board and counsel? If they are moot, I
would be grateful for an explanation.
Thanks,
Daniel
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