Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:54:28 -0600 (CST) From: Licia <licia@o-o.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donating Copyrights? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902261353210.23950-100000@o-o.org> In-Reply-To: <9279.920058328@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > I'm not asking about copyright law, but about procedures regarding donating
> > them specifically to the FreeBSD project.
> >
> > As an example, if I develop an application, kernel module, bit of
> > documentation, advocacy flyer, etc and want to donate the copyright to that
> > material to the FreeBSD Project, does FreeBSD have an established process for
> > handling this?
>
> The procedure is really simple - just stick a copyright something like
> this on it:
>
> * Copyright (c) 1995
> * Joe Blow. All rights reserved.
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> * are met:
> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer,
> * verbatim and that no modifications are made prior to this
> * point in the file.
> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JOE BLOW ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
> * OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
> * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JOE BLOW OR HIS HOUSEPLANTS BE LIABLE
> * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, LIFE OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> * SUCH DAMAGE.
>
> And you're done. That's literally all there is to it. You don't need
> to "assign the copyright away", you just need to use open licensing
> terms like the above for us to be entirely happy with it.
>
> - Jordan
>
(smile) I already understood the licensing part, I was just wondering
specifically about the copyright thing :) So the FreeBSD project has no
interest in having copyrights donated directly to it?
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