svn commit: samba-web r742 - in trunk/devel: .

[deryck at samba.org]

Author: deryck
Date: 2005-07-12 22:26:25 +0000 (Tue, 12 Jul 2005)
New Revision: 742

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba-web&rev=742

Log:
Adding our contributor copyright policy.

Probably need to revist this page to work on its
organization sometime real soon.  The TODO is never
updated any more.

deryck

Added:
   trunk/devel/copyright-policy.html
Modified:
   trunk/devel/index.html


Changeset:
Added: trunk/devel/copyright-policy.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/devel/copyright-policy.html	2005-07-12 22:05:34 UTC (rev 741)
+++ trunk/devel/copyright-policy.html	2005-07-12 22:26:25 UTC (rev 742)
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!--#include virtual="/samba/header.html" -->
+  <title>Samba Copyright Policy</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/samba/header_wide.html" -->
+
+<h2>Samba Copyright Policy</h2>
+
+<p>The Samba Team has a policy of asking for contributions to be made
+under the personal copyright of the contributor, instead of a
+corporate copyright.</p>
+
+<p>There are three reasons for the establishment of this policy:</p>
+
+<ol>
+  <li>Individual copyrights make copyright registration in the US a
+   simpler process.</li>
+  <li>If Samba is copyrighted by individuals rather than corporations,
+   decisions regarding enforcement and protection of copyright will,
+   more likely, be made in the interests of the project, and not 
+   in the interests of any corporation's shareholders.</li>
+  <li>If we ever need to relicense a portion of the code -- as has happened
+   in the past with making tdb and ldb LGPL -- contacting individuals 
+   for permission to do so is much easier than contacting a company, 
+   especially in the case of companies that have moved on and no longer 
+   have an interest in Samba.</li>
+</ol>
+
+<!--#include virtual="/samba/footer.html" -->

Modified: trunk/devel/index.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/devel/index.html	2005-07-12 22:05:34 UTC (rev 741)
+++ trunk/devel/index.html	2005-07-12 22:26:25 UTC (rev 742)
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 
 <p>Please coordinate all development efforts on the <a href="mailto:samba-technical at samba.org">samba-technical</a> mailing list.  For more information about the list, or to join the list, go to the <a href="http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-technical">samba technical mailing list</a> page.  The main samba development channel on IRC is <i>#samba-technical</i>, server <i>irc.freenode.net</i>.  Please don't ask user questions in this channel (users see <i>#samba</i>).  Channel logs are available <a href="http://irc.vernstok.nl/samba-technical.php">here</a>.</p>
 
+<p>Also, please see our policy concering <a href="/samba/devel/copyright-policy.html">contributor copyright</a>.</p>
 
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