On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 06:42:37PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Barry Warsaw writes ("Re: Contributor agreements and copyright assignment (was Re: Really, about udev, not init sytsems)"):
> > FTR: http://www.canonical.com/contributors
> That allows Canonical to make proprietary forks of the code (eg, to
> engage in the dual licensing business model). This is very
> troublesome for me; it's too asymmetric a relationship.
I understand that concern and recognize that this is a not-uncommon
sentiment among Debian folks; this very closely parallels the question of
whether one is willing to release software under a BSD license - or the MPL
- vs. the GPL. But while some people do object to releasing their patches
under a BSD license, there's certainly room for BSD code in Debian. The
same is true of GPL works with contributor agreements. Yes, some folks will
choose not to contribute to it on upstream's terms, but there are still
plenty of others who will.
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