[Owncloud] github and contributor agreement

[Frank Karlitschek]

On 20.08.2012, at 18:24, Jos Poortvliet <jos at opensuse.org> wrote:

> On Monday, August 20, 2012 17:52:38 Frank Karlitschek wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>> 
> <snip>
>> worked very hard and discussed this with a lot of people to find the most
>> fair and open solution here. What we have now is an agreement that is
>> similar to Qt with the Free Qt foundation so a guarantee that ownCloud is
>> always available under the AGPL as it is today. We have a FAQ that explains
>> the reasons behind it. If someone has question please ask me :-)
>> 
>> The agreement is here:
>> http://owncloud.org/documents/contributor-agreement.pdf The FAQ is here:
>> http://owncloud.org/documents/contributor-agreement-faq.pdf
> 
> Looks like I should've waited with my previous mail until I read this one.

:-)


> I would suggest to add the example you gave about some customers wanting 
> proprietary modules for internal integration with their network etc - noting 
> that we want them to use ownCloud and otherwise they wouldn't be able to. Just 
> to give the argument some more 'life' and make clear that it's not just about 
> the money for ownCloud Inc - but also about being able to go places we 
> otherwise wouldn't be able to service...

Good idea!!

> 
> /hugs
> Jos


Cheers
Frank