[dokuwiki] Re: Process for contributions to dkuwiki
- From: Pat Fleming <patfleming@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:54:47 -0600
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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