commit: d1f0fd9be4e67adc72a619ac4193c36e3becf175
Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun 7 18:33:28 2018 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Jun 10 18:42:07 2018 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=d1f0fd9b
glep-0076: Remove FLA section.
Therefore simplifying the policy, as discussed in #gentoo-council.
glep-0076.rst | 51 +++++++++++----------------------------------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst
index ac42e2d..84671b9 100644
--- a/glep-0076.rst
+++ b/glep-0076.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Type: Informational
Status: Draft
Version: 1
Created: 2013-04-23
-Last-Modified: 2018-06-03
+Last-Modified: 2018-06-07
Post-History:
Content-Type: text/x-rst
---
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ License Agreement [#FLA]_, which takes a copyleft approach to
copyright licensing, while also better complying with copyright laws
in nations that have author's rights.
-The goal here was to create a policy that was both flexible enough to
-cover forks and situations where Gentoo would not own the majority of
-the copyright in a file, while also preserving our ability to formally
-own copyrights on as much of our works as possible.
+The goal here was to create a policy that was flexible enough to cover
+forks and situations where Gentoo would not own the majority of the
+copyright in a file.
Specification
@@ -192,28 +191,6 @@ Any concerns not addressed by a maintainer can be appealed
to the
Trustees.
-Licensing to the Gentoo Foundation
-----------------------------------
-
-All are welcome and encouraged (but *not* required) to assign copyright
-for their contributions to the Gentoo Foundation. Doing so makes
-compliance with this policy easier (fewer copyright holders to list),
-and allows the Foundation to enforce copyrights and re-license content
-if appropriate (this will only be done in accordance with the social
-contract and the Gentoo FLA).
-
-Copyright is assigned to the Foundation by electronically signing the
-Gentoo Fiduciary License Agreement (FLA) [#GFLA]_.
-
-The agreement may be signed BY **TODO...** If the scope of the signed
-agreement included future contributions, the contributor may document
-their wish to stop assigning copyright by **TODO...**
-
-A list of those who have signed this agreement and the scope of their
-assignments may be found at **LINK**. This list may be useful when
-attributing copyright.
-
-
Rationale
=========
@@ -227,17 +204,14 @@ including its contributors, developers and users.
Additionally, it is
enforced for all other projects hosted on Gentoo infrastructure in order
to protect the Gentoo infrastructure owners and improve consistency.
-The copyright model is built on a combination of DCO model used
-by the Linux kernel with FLA model used by different open source
-projects. It requires all contributors to certify the legitimacy
-of their contributions; however, they can freely choose whether to
-assign the copyright to Gentoo, or not.
+The copyright model is built on the DCO model used by the Linux kernel
+and requires all contributors to certify the legitimacy of their
+contributions.
-Ideally, all major contributors to Gentoo would choose to sign the FLA.
-However, enforcing it for all contributors would only create unnecessary
-bureaucracy for trivial contributions and discourage a number of users
-from actually contributing to Gentoo. The mixed model allows users to
-choose a way of contributing that is appropriate to them.
+In the future, a second stage of this policy may use a combination of
+the DCO model and an FLA model [#FLA]_ as it is used by different open
+source projects. Contributors would be able to freely choose whether
+they sign the FLA document or not.
DCO Changes
@@ -376,9 +350,6 @@ References
.. [#FLA] FSFE Legal: Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA),
https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/fla.en.html
-.. [#GFLA] Gentoo Fiduciary License Agreement,
- https://dev.gentoo.org/~rich0/fla.pdf
-
.. [#DEBIAN-LICENSE] [debian-legal] License of the GPL license,
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2018/04/msg00006.html
