Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-22 Thread Roy Bamford
On 2015.02.18 07:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:39:51 -0500 > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > the policy is not "it must be Gentoo copyright", but "it must have > a > > header that says Gentoo copyright even though there's no legal > basis > > for it". > > Correct, but I have m

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> The only things devs need to do with respect to copyright is follow >> the law > > Ah, but which law? I understand that law in e.g. Germany does not > permit non-natural persons to own copyright. The public domain > co

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Peter Stuge
Rich Freeman wrote: > >> This is part of the set of topics which we > >> cover outside the scope of the quizzes. > > > > A brief comment from reality is that this legal problem is quit > > likely a significant hurdle for many potential developers - as for me. > > > > If you want contributing to be

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > Justin (jlec) wrote: >> This is part of the set of topics which we >> cover outside the scope of the quizzes. > > A brief comment from reality is that this legal problem is quit > likely a significant hurdle for many potential developers - as f

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Peter Stuge
Justin (jlec) wrote: > This is part of the set of topics which we > cover outside the scope of the quizzes. A brief comment from reality is that this legal problem is quit likely a significant hurdle for many potential developers - as for me. If you want contributing to be easy, overhead like thi

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Justin (jlec)
On 18/02/15 09:48, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:34:21 +0100 > "Justin (jlec)" wrote: > >> At the end of the review session we ask the recruits to fix an ebuild >> which has numerous technical and, as mentioned, legal aspects to take >> care of. > > That's a novelty I wasn't awa

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:34:21 +0100 "Justin (jlec)" wrote: > At the end of the review session we ask the recruits to fix an ebuild > which has numerous technical and, as mentioned, legal aspects to take > care of. That's a novelty I wasn't aware of, then. The technical practicalities of copyright

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Justin (jlec)
On 18/02/15 09:12, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:48:19 +0100 > "Justin (jlec)" wrote: > >> On 18/02/15 08:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote: >>> I seem to recall the developer quizzes may have had (or indeed >>> requested) some more information on this matter. >> >> The test ebuild focuse

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-18 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:48:19 +0100 "Justin (jlec)" wrote: > On 18/02/15 08:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > I seem to recall the developer quizzes may have had (or indeed > > requested) some more information on this matter. > > The test ebuild focuses on this topic. What is that? jer

Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-17 Thread Justin (jlec)
On 18/02/15 08:40, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > I seem to recall the developer quizzes may have had (or indeed > requested) some more information on this matter. The test ebuild focuses on this topic. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[gentoo-dev] ebuild copyright assignment

2015-02-17 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:39:51 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote: > the policy is not "it must be Gentoo copyright", but "it must have a > header that says Gentoo copyright even though there's no legal basis > for it". Correct, but I have my doubts about the allegedly wobbly legal basis. I do vividly rec