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[Pat Fleming <patfleming@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the quick response, this helps.

> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:07:19 +0100> From: andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: 
> dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [dokuwiki] Re: Process for contributions to 
> dkuwiki> > Hi!> > > Is there a process for code contributions that includes 
> verifying the> > contributor has rights to redistribute their code 
> contribution? Does> > Andreas Gohr (or someone else) provide the contributor 
> with any type> > of agreement that might cover this?> > I got a private mail 
> by Pat explaining this question a bit more. I> answer in public because this 
> might be interesting to others wanting to> use DokuWiki in their company.> > 
> There is no official process of verifying that code contributions are> the 
> intellectual property of the contributor. How should I do that?> However this 
> is a highly theoretical question anyway. Most> contributions are small chunks 
> of code (patches) especially written to> change or add small things to 
> DokuWiki. Whenever new libraries are> introduced to DokuWiki we check that 
> those libraries are licensed under> the GPL or a compatible license.> > > I 
> work for a company whose legal staff is asking these two questions> > (before 
> we are allowed to use dokuwiki): > >> > 1) Who did you work for when you 
> wrote dokuwiki?> > The same company as I do now. CosmoCode GmbH 
> (http://www.cosmocode.de).> However this does not matter. DokuWiki is not a 
> CosmoCode product but> was written in my spare time. It is released under the 
> GPL, so all> additions that I may create during my job as an CosmoCode 
> employee are> licensed under the GPL as well.> > > 2) Is there any 
> information that indicates that your employer> > permitted you to make the 
> contribution and/or disclaimed any right to> > the code or otherwise approve 
> of the contribution? > > Well, we offer official support for DokuWiki at our 
> company, and I am> allowed to dedicate 4 workdays a year to work on any 
> DokuWiki stuff I> like (regardless of the use for CosmoCode). But as I said 
> before, all> this does not matter because of the GPL licensing.> > BTW. I 
> think my boss is subscribed to this list, though I'm not sure if> he reads 
> all the posts ;-).> > To sum it up: DokuWiki is GPL (version 2). Your legal 
> staff should be> able to figure out what that means (If not, they should 
> refer to the> Free Software Foundation for help). Should there be any code 
> within> DokuWiki which was contributed without the proper rights or being> 
> based on an incompatible license it will be removed and replaced by free> 
> (libre) code.> > Andi> > -- > http://www.splitbrain.org
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