I'm for doing this, I'm a bit worried about how much work it's going to be, but I think that we need to do it at some point. Why not now? :-)
On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 11:40 -0300, Felipe Sanches wrote:
I fully support this initiative. And I like the idea of copyright assignments.
I agree. I think that we should talk about it as a CLA instead of CA. While personally I think that CA is more honest (as CLA does effectively the same thing, but without telling you) it has gotten a lot of bad press, and there is less so with CLAs.
Another idea to consider would be to have everybody elect a proxy for deciding licensing issues/changes in the future. The only necessary condition, in my opinion, would be to make this proxy sign a document stating it's commitment to keeping the code libre (respecting the 4 essential freedoms) and preserving copyleft to avoid proprietarization of our codebase.
I think the assignee would be us, as the Inkscape Foundation/Board with the SFC as the custodial agent. So, we'd would need to state that and make it as part of our charter. I'd have no problem with that and consider it a good idea. I'd rather not say that we'll keep it "GPL vX" and instead say "we'll support the four freedoms and maintaining it as free software."
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Josh Andler <scislac@...23...> wrote: This will require a substantial amount of someone's time (as I see it, at the least trying to contact everyone who has contributed previously), but I'm willing to make this my last set of acts on the board before I step down. I was originally planning on holding off for a month and a half until after some vacation time, but, it just needs to get moving sooner rather than later imho.
Yes, that's basically it. The probably we'll have is with people who don't agree on the relicense, and then deciding what should happen there. But, I think we need that list before we can make a decision about what to do with it.
I'm seeking relevant discussion and a vote to escalate this to the SFC to see if they feel confident enough to take this on. As a tertiary item, once we are well informed, I'm also asking potential permission for use of the foundation's funds for legal services if the costs are within reason and the board agrees that it is an appropriate use of the money.
+1, I don't think we have a choice, this is something we need to do.
--Ted