From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 09:43:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30D12DA2; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 119552310; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s5L9hUPN083019; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:30 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s5L9hUoK083018; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:30 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201406210943.s5L9hUoK083018@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:30 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45092 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:43:31 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Sat Jun 21 09:43:30 2014 New Revision: 45092 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45092 Log: - Add a section on keeping track of licenses granted to the Project Submitted by: core Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Sat Jun 21 09:06:02 2014 (r45091) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Sat Jun 21 09:43:30 2014 (r45092) @@ -2684,6 +2684,69 @@ Relnotes: yes brought to the attention of the core team. + + Keeping Track of Licenses Granted to the &os; Project + + Various software or data exist in the repositories where + the &os; project has been granted a special licence to be able + to use them. A case in point are the Terminus fonts for use + with &man.vt.4;. Here the author Dimitar Zhekov has allowed us + to use the "Terminus BSD Console" font under a 2-clause BSD + license rather than the regular Open Font License he normally + uses. + + It is clearly sensible to keep a record of any such + license grants. To that end, the &a.core; has decided to keep + an archive of them. Whenever the &os; project is granted a + special license we require the &a.core; to be notified. Any + developers involved in arranging such a license grant, please send + details to the &a.core; including: + + + + Contact details for people or organizations granting the + special license. + + + + What files, directories etc. in the repositories are + covered by the license grant including the revision numbers + where any specially licensed material was committed. + + + + The date the license comes into effect from. Unless + otherwise agreed, this will be the date the license was issued + by the authors of the software in question. + + + + The license text. + + + + A note of any restrictions, limtations or exceptions that + apply specifically to &os;'s usage of the licensed + material. + + + + Any other relevant information. + + + + Once the &a.core; is satisfied that all the necessary details + have been gathered and are correct, the secretary will send a + PGP-signed acknowledgement of receipt including the license + details. This receipt will be persistently archived and serve + as our permanent record of the license grant. + + The license archive should contain only details of license + grants; this is not the place for any discussions around + licensing or other subjects. Access to data within the license + archive will be available on request to the &a.core;. + + Developer Relations