From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from aibo.runbox.com (aibo.runbox.com [91.220.196.211]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1FD2385780B for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:53:49 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B1FD2385780B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=bothner.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=per@bothner.com Received: from [10.9.9.72] (helo=submission01.runbox) by mailtransmit02.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ke0gF-0003jn-B9 for kawa@sourceware.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:53:47 +0100 Received: by submission01.runbox with esmtpsa [Authenticated alias (524175)] (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) id 1ke0g7-0007F1-W4 for kawa@sourceware.org; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:53:40 +0100 Subject: Re: Kawa future and governance To: kawa@sourceware.org References: From: Per Bothner Message-ID: <80ad8ede-ef66-3b5c-84e4-d2356b33abc9@bothner.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:53:37 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: kawa@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Kawa mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:53:51 -0000 On 11/14/20 10:11 AM, Helmut Eller via Kawa wrote: > On Mon, Nov 09 2020, Per Bothner wrote: > >> I can see my role becoming a Benevolent Dictator For Life (like van >> Rossum's role in Python), but ideally getting less dictatorial as others >> gain experience. > > Apparently you have the copyright on most of Kawa's code. Yep - because I wrote most of it. > Would contributors have to assign copyrights if they change something? I have not required copyright assignments. My informal policy is if a file is substantially the work of one person, only that person is credited with a copyright note in the file. If multiple people have contributed substantially (say 20%) they should be listed too. A change/fix of a few lines does not get copyright credit. But this is more about openness and giving credit where due. Legally what matters is the license. All contributions must be compatible with the appropriate license. New files must be compatible with the overall (software or documentation) license, and changes to existing files must preserve the license of the file (unless those listed in the copyright agree). -- --Per Bothner per@bothner.com http://per.bothner.com/