Re: Kawa future and governance

["Andrija Vranić" <andrija.vranic@gmail.com>]

I said it, but one more time: as a beginner I am willing  to be put to use
for any task I can help with!
Cheers,
Andrija

On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 20:33, Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> wrote:

> 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/
>