FLA

Richard Moore kde-policies@mail.kde.org
Thu, 06 Feb 2003 19:31:45 +0000


One question - why? I have no plans to release the copyright of any
of my own code, have other people asked to do this?

Rich.

Marc Mutz wrote:
> 
> [cc'ing Bernhard Reiter as the FSFE representative I know best in case
> questions come up that I can't answer ;-)]
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Ok, I've waited for this to be released publicly:
>   http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/
> So we now have two ways to "assign copyright" to KDE e.V.: One for the
> Copyright model, and one for the Droit d'Auteur model.
> 
> I propose that KDE e.V. releases contracts based on the FSF Copyright
> assignment and the FSFE FLA with the purpose of allowing KDE developers
> to assign their rights to the KDE e.V. for legal protection and
> enforcement of the licenses used, or - failing KDE e.V.'s willingness
> to protect KDE developers' code in this way - ask FSF(E) to handle it
> for them.
> 
> Thanks for listening,
> Marc
> 
> --
> If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.
>                                                     -- Phil Zimmermann
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