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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:40:47AM -0800, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > There are two parts to this revision of our Social Contract[0] (SC) that
> I'd
> > like to propose.
> >
> > The second part, this one, talks about adding clauses to our SC for
> ownership of
> > contributions to SMGL.
> >
> > I would like to propose an addendum to Article I or a new Article between
> > Articles I and II:
> >
> > All developers of Source Mage GNU/Linux agree to assign over copyright and
> > ownership of their contributions for Source Mage GNU/Linux to the public
> group
> > Source Mage GNU/Linux under the GNU GPL.
> >
> > Would that cover the bases we're talking about?
> >
>
> I think it should be clear that they need to document what work they do
> through a ChangeLog, and it sould also specify that Source Mage is not
> claiming authorship of their work changes.
>
> -Andrew

So:
All developers of Source Mage GNU/Linux agree to assign over copyright and
ownership, but not authorship, of their contributions, which shall be
documented in a ChangeLog, for Source Mage GNU/Linux to the public group 
Source
Mage GNU/Linux under the GPL.

Better? Maybe needs to be more spread out and not have all the clauses in one
sentence?

-sandalle

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