[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: LGPL license
- From: "John Gardner" <john.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:13:11 -0700
Hi Jamie, yes of course you are right. The copyright holders are currently
Abilitiessoft, ViewPlus, and APH. And ViewPlus is not a non-profit.
However all the sponsors including ViewPlus have pledged to turn over
copyright ownership to a new non profit entity if and when it is set up. It
is a lot of work and expense to set up a non profit however and if its only
purpose is to own copyright, it doesn't seem worthwhile at present.
John G
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Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: LGPL license
On 11/06/2014 10:28 PM, John Gardner wrote:
> As long as we are going to the trouble of writing all contributors I
> propose to ask if the liblouis project can be given copyright as well.
You can't assign copyright to the liblouis project because the liblouis
project isn't a legal entity. You'd have to assign to an existing entity or
create a new one.
> And we would
> change the rules so that all contributions automatically assign
> copyright unless specifically noted.
You can't do this automatically. Contributors would need to explicitly agree
to it. This could be via online form. However, you can refuse to accept
contributions if they don't agree. You also have to get permission from the
BRLTTY team. They agreed to let you use it under LGPL, but not to assign
copyright.
Personally, I would be reluctant to assign copyright to an entity that
wasn't a non-profit, though I suppose I'd give in on that point if I was the
only one with that concern.
Jamie
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