From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Cc: libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>,
"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>,
Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim.kuvyrkov@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy.
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:01:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210616130125.p4g66deslr7aqykb@eve.qyliss.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e13a4072-a53e-d9e1-d5c7-bf4179fead56@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 02:52:03PM -0400, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Community,
>
> glibc was created as part of the GNU Project but has grown to operate as
> an autonomous project. As part of the GNU Toolchain the glibc stewards
> support the gcc project policy changes presented here:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html
>
> The glibc stewards are seeking input from developers to decide if the project
> should relax the requirement to assign copyright for all changes to the
> Free Software Foundation as follows:
>
> Contributors who have an FSF Copyright Assignment wouldn't need to
> change anything. Contributors who wish to utilize the Developer Certificate
> of Origin[1] would add a Signed-off-by message to their commit messages.
>
> The changes to accept patches with or without FSF copyright assignment
> would be effective on August 2nd, and would apply to all open branches.
>
> The glibc stewards, like the GCC SC, continue to affirm the principles of
> Free Software, and that will never change.
>
> glibc will continue to be developed, distributed, and licensed under the
> GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or any later version as
> published by the Free Software Foundation.
>
> Input on this issue is accepted until July 1st 2021.
I've recently contributed a couple of patches to glibc, and the copyright
assignment was definitely a barrier. I have no employer or university
affiliation, so copyright wasn't an issue, and I also don't mind
assigning copyright to the FSF, because regardless of everything else
that's going on, I don't believe they're going to abuse my copyright.
But even though I should be the simplest case, it still really got in
the way of my patch, because it took 14 days after I requested the form
for me to receive it, and then another 7 days after I returned it for
it to be confirmed. That's a long time for both the reviewer and the
contributor to keep a small patch in their head!
So I'm in favour of allowing DCO. I'd definitely have chosen it over a
copyright assignment had it been available. I don't particularly foresee
any negative consequences that could come of it, especially since the
FSF would probably continue to hold the vast majority of the copyright
for the foreseeable future. And I definitely think it would help get
more contributions, because I know how close I was to just giving up.
> Signed,
> Ryan Arnold
> Paul Eggert
> Jakub Jelinek
> Maxim Kuvyrkov
> Joseph Myers
> Carlos O'Donell
>
> [1] https://developercertificate.org/
>
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Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-14 18:52 Carlos O'Donell
2021-06-14 19:08 ` Rich Felker
2021-06-14 19:25 ` Khem Raj
2021-06-14 20:05 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-14 20:22 ` Matt Turner
2021-06-15 20:28 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-06-14 21:16 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-14 20:18 ` Matt Turner
2021-06-14 20:22 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-15 2:48 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-15 3:18 ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-15 17:41 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-15 18:43 ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-15 19:05 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-15 19:12 ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-15 19:35 ` Paul Eggert
2021-06-15 19:42 ` DJ Delorie
2021-06-15 20:08 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-07-02 22:33 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-07-03 1:59 ` Paul Eggert
2021-07-04 0:40 ` Paul Eggert
2021-07-04 11:55 ` Florian Weimer
2021-07-04 18:32 ` Paul Eggert
2021-07-04 23:25 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-07-05 15:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-06 18:02 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-07-05 5:28 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-07-05 20:21 ` Paul Eggert
2021-07-06 18:05 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-07-06 19:42 ` Paul Eggert
[not found] ` <YOTTfm12jac/NYe5@ebb.org>
2021-07-07 8:51 ` Florian Weimer
2021-07-07 15:01 ` Joseph Myers
2021-07-05 5:00 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-07-05 5:28 ` Florian Weimer
2021-07-05 20:37 ` Joseph Myers
2021-07-03 3:24 ` Bruno Haible
2021-07-05 5:53 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-06-15 3:39 ` Daniel Black
2021-06-15 16:09 ` Josh Triplett
2021-06-16 13:01 ` Alyssa Ross [this message]
2021-06-16 14:08 ` Adam Sampson
2021-06-16 19:33 ` Joseph Myers
2021-06-16 19:45 ` Phil Blundell
2021-06-30 21:54 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-07-01 5:24 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-07-01 19:33 ` Bradley M. Kuhn
2021-07-02 3:29 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-07-03 6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-01 8:19 ` Alexandre Oliva
2021-07-02 8:59 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-30 22:21 ` Mark Wielaard
2021-06-23 1:04 Bruno Haible
2021-06-23 3:19 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-24 19:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 2:23 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 6:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 6:47 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 7:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 8:57 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 9:43 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 11:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 12:07 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-25 12:11 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 12:14 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-25 12:25 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 12:33 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-25 12:48 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 14:06 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-26 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-28 4:11 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-28 12:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-28 13:06 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-28 14:04 ` Phil Blundell
2021-06-28 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 11:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 12:24 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-06-25 7:24 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-25 7:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 8:23 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-25 11:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-25 6:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-02 22:23 Craig Topham
2021-07-05 14:59 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2021-07-05 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-05 18:52 ` Paul Eggert
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