From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949AE3857C75 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:07:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 949AE3857C75 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-214-7mp5bgWrPam4MC280bMCtA-1; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:07:43 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 7mp5bgWrPam4MC280bMCtA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37FE58015D0; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:07:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-112-228.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.228]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AF9D18A77; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:07:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Eli Zaretskii via Libc-alpha Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar , Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. References: <4369849.fY2oj7UdlA@omega> <83sg17rrf6.fsf@gnu.org> <83k0misbni.fsf@gnu.org> <3e0c8f21-422b-ffd6-d939-49f88f09cac7@gotplt.org> <83fsx6s9so.fsf@gnu.org> <2619fea4-4fb4-84cf-b9d2-f1ef21d40bcb@gotplt.org> <83a6nerxhg.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:07:39 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83a6nerxhg.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii via Libc-alpha's message of "Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:32:11 +0300") Message-ID: <87r1gq9mgk.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, 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: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:07:47 -0000 * Eli Zaretskii via Libc-alpha: >> From: Siddhesh Poyarekar >> Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org >> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:13:57 +0530 >> >> ... actually I should correct myself based on Florian's comment. The >> copyright ownership does get transferred to the assignee and the >> assigner is granted back an unhindered, unlimited *use* license. > > "Use" that includes the rights to distribute under any conditions. > How is this different from ownership? For example, you cannot contribute the code to another project that also requires copyright assignment. This issue has come up in practice with the Bacula project, where many contributors assigned their changes twice, to different organizations. Furthermore, it's unclear to me if you can contribute the code to a project that gives recipients the right to sublicense. Thanks, Florian