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 C3C7838930F9 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:19:03 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org C3C7838930F9 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-370-mowDrt7PNVCjf2fXlABSyw-1; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:19:02 -0400 X-MC-Unique: mowDrt7PNVCjf2fXlABSyw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67B7B107ACF6 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com (ovpn-112-111.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.112.111]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31A7D60C0F; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from greed.delorie.com.redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greed.delorie.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 15F3IvAm316205; Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:18:57 -0400 From: DJ Delorie To: "Carlos O'Donell" Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:18:57 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.4 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: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 03:19:06 -0000 "Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha" writes: > 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. I'm for this change, but it's my belief that the DCO will be treated like a EULA - don't read it, just accept it. I will consider every "Signed-off-by:" as a "I-don't-know-if-I-own-this:" admission. "I don't need to check with legal, I just need to put this line in my email and everything is OK." However, the FSF assignment is the biggest roadblock to new contributors, and I think that's a bigger potential problem than the potential DCO problems. > 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. This paragraph was worded poorly. We will not be developing under any later version, ever. We will distribute under terms that allow using later versions' terms. The DCO means we will never change the version of GPL we use, it's important to not blur that point.