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Re: [BackupPC-users] Copyright protection

2016-05-19 03:04:40
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Copyright protection
From: Lars Tobias Skjong-Børsting <lists AT relatime DOT no>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:04:00 +0200
On 19/05/16 08:37, Stefan Peter wrote:

> This is simply wrong: The Linux Kernel does _not_ require a CLA. But it
> requires a Certificate of Origin, also known as Signed-off-by. See
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches?id=HEAD
> for details.
> 
> Additionally, there are countries where you can not legally transfer
> your copyright to someone else unless you have been hired to do the work
> in question. This would mean that Backuppc would either have to hire the
> contributors or reject their contributions in order to make sure the CLA
> is effective.


I agree, thanks Stefan!

I think this is what we should require.

-- 
Best regards,
Lars Tobias

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